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'''Edward Wyckoff Williams''' (born 6 February 1978) is an African-American author, former investment banker and currently a political and economic analyst for [[MSNBC]] and [[NBC Universal]].<ref>http://www.thegrio.com/author/edward-wyckoff-williams/</ref>
'''Edward Wyckoff Williams''' (born 6 February 1978) is an African-American author, former investment banker and currently a political and economic analyst for [[MSNBC]] and [[NBC Universal]].<ref>http://www.thegrio.com/author/edward-wyckoff-williams/</ref>

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Edward Wyckoff Williams (born 6 February 1978) is an African-American author, former investment banker and currently a political and economic analyst for MSNBC and NBC Universal.[1]

Early Life and Education

Wyckoff Williams was born in Newark, New Jersey to Edward Wyckoff Williams (1951–2008) and Audrey (née Felton), and was educated at the preparatory school Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey,[2] and then Yale University[3] in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was president of the Freshman Class Council. He received his Bachelors in Economics and History from Yale in 1998. While at Yale, Wyckoff Williams interned at The White House in the office of Vice President Al Gore, serving on the staff of Gregory Simon, Gore's Domestic Policy Advisor.

Wyckoff Williams studied at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC during which time he worked as a legislative aide for Senator Frank Lautenberg. After law school, Wyckoff Williams attended the University of Oxford in England, where he was a member of Oriel College.[4][5] Wyckoff Williams completed his Masters of Philosophy degree in Comparative Social Policy from Oxford in 2003, and then began his professional career, working in management consulting and investment banking[6] in the City of London.[7]

Career

Wyckoff Williams is a regular contributor[8] to the NBC political blog, The Grio.[9] His first book, Open Letter to Collect on Debt, slated for release in the UK in 2011, studies the effects of the 2008 credit crunch on the young urban professionals of Generation Y. He is working on a new non-fiction book The Day My Father Died, I was in Rio, an autobiographical work which confronts the struggles of a young black male in academia and corporate America; internal struggles of identity, sexuality and self-determination.

Wyckoff Williams lives between New York City and London, appearing regularly on MSNBC as a political commentator discussing a range of topics from gay rights, to healthcare, immigration reform, and President Barack Obama.[10] He has been a frequent guest alongside television hosts Alex Witt, Richard Lui,[11] Contessa Brewer and Pat Buchanan.[12]