Benjamin Barber was born on August 2, 1939 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004), Music Inn (2005) and Plunder: The Crime of Our Time (2009). He was married to Leah Kreutzer. He died on April 24, 2017 in Manhattan.