John Ballantine is a professor at Brandeis International Business School. He received his bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard University, then earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in economics from University of Chicago and NYU Stern, respectively. His economic commentary has appeared in Salon and The Boston Globe, among others. His literary work has appeared in Adelaide Literary Magazine, Apricity Magazine, Arkansas Review, Bluestem, Carbon Culture Review, Cobalt, Crack the Spine, Existere Journal, Forge, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Lime Hawk, Manhattanville Review, Massachusetts’s Emerging Writers: An Anthology of Nonfiction, The Penmen Review, Poydras Review, Oracle Fine Arts Review, Ragazine, Rubbertop Review, Saint Ann’s Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, Santa Clara Review, SNReview, Slippery Elm, and Streetlight Magazine. His essay “Half of Something” was a finalist in The Adelaide Literary Award Contest for The Best Essay 2018.