Bruce Nussbaum is an assistant managing editor for BusinessWeek, responsible for coverage of design and innovation. Previously, he was editorial page editor. Nussbaum joined BusinessWeek in 1977 and started the international finance section. In 1980, he became head of the foreign news section. In 1985, he left BusinessWeek to become executive editor of Manhattan, Inc., and returned to BusinessWeek in 1986 as a senior writer. Nussbaum wrote The World After Oil: The Shifting Axis of Power and Wealth, and Good Intentions, an inside look at medical research on AIDS. He has received awards from the Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Society, the Overseas Press Club, and the Industrial Designers Society of America. Nussbaum is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.