The Destiny of Civilization

BOOK REVIEWThe Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism by Michael Hudson 2022 About the AuthorMichael Hudson (born March 14, 1939) is an American economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, former Wall Street analyst, political consultant, commentator and … Continue reading The Destiny of Civilization

A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961–2021

BOOK REVIEWA Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961–2021 by Alan S. Blinder 2022 About the AuthorAlan S. Blinder is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, a former vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board, and a former member of the President’s Council of Economic … Continue reading A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961–2021

The Half Has Never Been Told

BOOK REVIEWThe Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalismby Edward Baptist 2014 About the AuthorEdward E. Baptist is a professor of history at Cornell University. Author of the award-winning Creating an Old South, he lives in Ithaca, New York. About the BookA groundbreaking history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was … Continue reading The Half Has Never Been Told

A History of Money and Banking in the United States

BOOK REVIEW A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War IIby Murray N. Rothbard 2002 About the AuthorMurray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) distinguished himself as an economist, writing a major treatise on theory, several important economic histories, and a highly praised history of economic thought. But he was … Continue reading A History of Money and Banking in the United States

How to Think about the Economy

BOOK REVIEW How to Think about the Economy; A Primer by Per E. Bylund 2022 About the AuthorPer L. Bylund, Ph.D., is associate professor in the School of Entrepreneurship and holds the Johnny D. Pope Chair at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and prosperity creation, often inspired by the … Continue reading How to Think about the Economy

God and Mammon

BOOK REVIEW God and Mammon: Chronicles of American Money by Lance Morrow 2020 About the AuthorLance Morrow is an American essayist whose op-ed articles regularly appear in the Wall Street Journal. He is the Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC. For many years, he was an essayist … Continue reading God and Mammon

Founding Finance

BOOK REVIEW Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation  By William Hogeland   2012 Website: williamhogeland.wordpress.com About the Author William Hogeland is also the author of the Wild Early Republic trilogy: "The Whiskey Rebellion" (2006), "Declaration" (2010), and "Autumn of the Black Snake" (2017). Hogeland has also written  for "The … Continue reading Founding Finance