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A leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present—and argues that we’ve reached a turning point

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of t

The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its enterprising shopkeepers, wildcat banks, violent slave plantations, huge industrial working class, an

An absorbing and original narrative history of American capitalism NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE ECONOMIST From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Co

To understand the past and especially our own times, arguably no story is as essential to get right as the history of capitalism. Nearly all of our theories abo