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'''Robert E. Wright''' (born 1969<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/search/results?action=search&searchtype=author§ion1=author&search1=%22Wright%2C%20Robert%20E.%20(Robert%20Eric)%2C%201969-%22</ref> in [[Rochester, N.Y.]]) is a business, economic, financial, and monetary historian and the inaugural Rudy and Marilyn Nef Family Chair of [[Political Economy]] at [[Augustana College (South Dakota)|Augustana College]] in [[Sioux Falls]], [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090513/NEWS/905130302/1001/news |title=Augustana can thank cheese for creation of economic chair | argusleader.com |publisher=Argus Leader |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He is also a research economist at the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] |
'''Robert E. Wright''' (born 1969<ref>http://muse.jhu.edu/search/results?action=search&searchtype=author§ion1=author&search1=%22Wright%2C%20Robert%20E.%20(Robert%20Eric)%2C%201969-%22</ref> in [[Rochester, N.Y.]]) is a business, economic, financial, and monetary historian and the inaugural Rudy and Marilyn Nef Family Chair of [[Political Economy]] at [[Augustana College (South Dakota)|Augustana College]] in [[Sioux Falls]], [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090513/NEWS/905130302/1001/news |title=Augustana can thank cheese for creation of economic chair | argusleader.com |publisher=Argus Leader |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He is also a research economist at the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nber.org/people/robert_wright |title=Robert E. Wright |publisher=Nber.org |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> |
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== Education and research == |
== Education and research == |
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After graduating from [[Fairport High School]] in 1987, Wright took degrees in History from [[Buffalo State College]], where he was a member of the All-College Honors Program,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffalostate.edu/honors/x491.xml |title=All College Honors Program - Buffalo State College - About the Program - Alumni |publisher=Buffalostate.edu |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> and the [[University at Buffalo]] (Ph.D., 1997).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cas.buffalo.edu/depts/history/graduate/publications.shtml |title=Department of History, University at Buffalo |publisher=Cas.buffalo.edu |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> Since 2001 he has authored or co-authored six books on early U.S. financial and political history, two about major corporations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winthropgroup.com/newsandperspectives.html |title=The Winthrop Group, Inc |publisher=Winthropgroup.com |date=2008-10-27 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> one about of the U.S. [[construction industry]], a banking textbook, and a critique of U.S. public policies related to bailouts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wright |first=Robert E |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3aWright%2C+Robert+E&qt=hot_author |title=Results for 'au:Wright, Robert E' |publisher=Worldcat.org |date=2000-10-09 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> |
After graduating from [[Fairport High School]] in 1987, Wright took degrees in History from [[Buffalo State College]], where he was a member of the All-College Honors Program,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffalostate.edu/honors/x491.xml |title=All College Honors Program - Buffalo State College - About the Program - Alumni |publisher=Buffalostate.edu |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> and the [[University at Buffalo]] (Ph.D., 1997).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cas.buffalo.edu/depts/history/graduate/publications.shtml |title=Department of History, University at Buffalo |publisher=Cas.buffalo.edu |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> Since 2001 he has authored or co-authored six books on early U.S. financial and political history, two about major corporations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winthropgroup.com/newsandperspectives.html |title=The Winthrop Group, Inc |publisher=Winthropgroup.com |date=2008-10-27 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> one about of the U.S. [[construction industry]], a banking textbook, and a critique of U.S. public policies related to bailouts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wright |first=Robert E |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3aWright%2C+Robert+E&qt=hot_author |title=Results for 'au:Wright, Robert E' |publisher=Worldcat.org |date=2000-10-09 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> |
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Wright's forthcoming books include an edited volume called ''Public Money, Private Profit'' for the [[Social Science Research Council]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/books/privatization-of-risk-series/ |title=SSRC Books » Privatization of Risk Series |publisher=Ssrc.org |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> and a book on the role the real estate mortgage crisis of the 1760s played in the American Revolution.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/weekinreview/30arango.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&ref=weekinreview | work=The New York Times | title=The Housing-Bubble and the American Revolution | first=Tim | last=Arango | date=2008-11-30 | accessdate=2010-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/news/news.cfm?doc_id=100543 |title=NYU Stern |publisher=W4.stern.nyu.edu |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/bailouts-then-and-now?autostart=true |title=Bailouts, Then and Now | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook |publisher=Onpointradio.org |date=2008-10-06 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Greising |first=David |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/sep/23/business/chi-tue-capitalism-shakeupsep23 |title=Rescue must weigh safety vs. freedom - Chicago Tribune |publisher=Archives.chicagotribune.com |date=2008-09-23 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Phillips |first=Michael M. |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122186662036058787.html |title=Government Bailouts: A U.S. Tradition Dating to Hamilton - WSJ.com |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=2008-09-20 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ward |first=Jon |url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/03/bill-would-hand-paulson-unprecedented-authority/?page=3 |title=Bill gives Paulson unprecedented power |publisher=Washington Times |date=2008-10-03 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/business/05era.html?_r=1&pagewanted=4 | work=The New York Times | title=End of an Era on Wall Street: Goodbye to All That | first1=Tim | last1=Arango | first2=Julie | last2=Creswell | date=2008-10-05 | accessdate=2010-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=By DAVID LAZARUS, CONSUMER CONFIDENTIAL October 05, 2008 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/05/business/fi-lazarus5 |title=$10.1-trillion national debt? Let's cut taxes! - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=2008-10-05 |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1447409901.html?dids=1447409901:1447409901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18%2C+2008&author=Robert+E.+Wright&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.19&desc=The+party's+over%3B+Democrats+and+Republicans+offer+no+choice+when+it+comes+to+the+economy.+Let's+start+fresh |title=The party's over; Democrats and Republicans offer no choice when it comes to the economy. Let's start fresh |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=2008-03-18 |accessdate=2009-06-04 | first=Robert E. | last=Wright}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=June 2008 Print Edition |url=http://reason.com/news/show/126021.html |title=The Coming Recession: Seven observers debate the (sorry) state of the economy. - Reason Magazine |publisher=Reason.com |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=DECEMBER 2008 • Robert E. Wright |url=http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Financial_crisis_and_reform_Looking_back_for_clues_to_the_future_2271 |title=Financial crisis and reform - The McKinsey Quarterly - Financial crisis and reform: Looking back for clues to the future - Strategy - Strategic Thinking |publisher=The McKinsey Quarterly |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/home/login/ds_proLogin.asp?script_name=/dismal/pro/article.asp&cid=103884 |title=Rx for a Vulnerable Economy: Cut Down on Debt |publisher=Economy.com |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> |
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Wright taught at [[New York University]]’s [[Stern School of Business]] from 2003 until 2009. Before that, Wright taught economics at the [[University of Virginia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i31/31b02001.htm |title=4/12/2002: A Market Solution to the Oversupply of Historians |publisher=The Chronicle |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> where he worked with Virginia economist [http://www.virginia.edu/economics/michener.htm Ron Michener] in a dispute against [http://myprofile.cos.com/grubbf16 Farley Grubb], an economist at the [[University of Delaware]], over the nature of colonial and early U.S. [[money]] and monetary systems.<ref>http://www.econjournalwatch.org/pdf/MichenerWrightCommentJanuary2006.pdf |
Wright taught at [[New York University]]’s [[Stern School of Business]] from 2003 until 2009. Before that, Wright taught economics at the [[University of Virginia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i31/31b02001.htm |title=4/12/2002: A Market Solution to the Oversupply of Historians |publisher=The Chronicle |date= |accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> where he worked with Virginia economist [http://www.virginia.edu/economics/michener.htm Ron Michener] in a dispute against [http://myprofile.cos.com/grubbf16 Farley Grubb], an economist at the [[University of Delaware]], over the nature of colonial and early U.S. [[money]] and monetary systems.<ref>http://www.econjournalwatch.org/pdf/MichenerWrightCommentJanuary2006.pdf |
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Robert E. Wright (born 1969[1] in Rochester, N.Y.) is a business, economic, financial, and monetary historian and the inaugural Rudy and Marilyn Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2] He is also a research economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[3]
Education and research
After graduating from Fairport High School in 1987, Wright took degrees in History from Buffalo State College, where he was a member of the All-College Honors Program,[4] and the University at Buffalo (Ph.D., 1997).[5] Since 2001 he has authored or co-authored six books on early U.S. financial and political history, two about major corporations,[6] one about of the U.S. construction industry, a banking textbook, and a critique of U.S. public policies related to bailouts.[7]
Wright's forthcoming books include an edited volume called Public Money, Private Profit for the Social Science Research Council,[8] and a book on the role the real estate mortgage crisis of the 1760s played in the American Revolution.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Wright taught at New York University’s Stern School of Business from 2003 until 2009. Before that, Wright taught economics at the University of Virginia,[21] where he worked with Virginia economist Ron Michener in a dispute against Farley Grubb, an economist at the University of Delaware, over the nature of colonial and early U.S. money and monetary systems.[22]
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- The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market (2011). ISBN 978-0-06-200138-2
- Fubarnomics: A Lighthearted, Serious Look at America's Economic Ills (2010). ISBN 978-1-61614-191-2
- Bailouts: Public Money, Private Profit (2010). ISBN 978-0-231-15055-2
- One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe (2008). ISBN 978-0-07-154393-4
- Knowledge for Generations: Wiley and the Global Publishing Industry, 1807-2007 (2007). ISBN 978-0-471-75721-4
- Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America’s Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry (2007). ISBN 978-0-226-47267-6
- Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich (2006). ISBN 978-0-226-91068-0
- The U.S. National Debt, 1787-1900 4 vols. (2005). ISBN 978-1-85196-816-9
- The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance (2005). ISBN 978-0-226-91026-0
- History of Corporate Governance: The Importance of Stakeholder Activism 6 vols. (2004). ISBN 978-1-85196-769-8
- Mutually Beneficial: The Guardian and Life Insurance in America (2004). ISBN 978-0-8147-9397-8
- The History of Corporate Finance: Development of Anglo-American Securities Markets, Financial *Practices, Theories and Laws 6 vols. (2003). ISBN 978-1-85196-749-0
- Hamilton Unbound: Finance and the Creation of the American Republic (2002). ISBN 978-0-275-97816-7
- The Wealth of Nations Rediscovered: Integration and Expansion in American Financial Markets, 1780-1850 (2002). ISBN 978-0-521-81237-5
- Origins of Commercial Banking in America, 1750-1800 (2001). ISBN 978-0-7425-2087-5
Notes
- ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/search/results?action=search&searchtype=author§ion1=author&search1=%22Wright%2C%20Robert%20E.%20(Robert%20Eric)%2C%201969-%22
- ^ "Augustana can thank cheese for creation of economic chair | argusleader.com". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2009-06-04. [dead link]
- ^ "Robert E. Wright". Nber.org. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "All College Honors Program - Buffalo State College - About the Program - Alumni". Buffalostate.edu. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "Department of History, University at Buffalo". Cas.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "The Winthrop Group, Inc". Winthropgroup.com. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Wright, Robert E (2000-10-09). "Results for 'au:Wright, Robert E'". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "SSRC Books » Privatization of Risk Series". Ssrc.org. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Arango, Tim (2008-11-30). "The Housing-Bubble and the American Revolution". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "NYU Stern". W4.stern.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "Bailouts, Then and Now | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook". Onpointradio.org. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Greising, David (2008-09-23). "Rescue must weigh safety vs. freedom - Chicago Tribune". Archives.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Phillips, Michael M. (2008-09-20). "Government Bailouts: A U.S. Tradition Dating to Hamilton - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Ward, Jon (2008-10-03). "Bill gives Paulson unprecedented power". Washington Times. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Arango, Tim; Creswell, Julie (2008-10-05). "End of an Era on Wall Street: Goodbye to All That". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ By DAVID LAZARUS, CONSUMER CONFIDENTIAL October 05, 2008 (2008-10-05). "$10.1-trillion national debt? Let's cut taxes! - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Wright, Robert E. (2008-03-18). "The party's over; Democrats and Republicans offer no choice when it comes to the economy. Let's start fresh". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ June 2008 Print Edition. "The Coming Recession: Seven observers debate the (sorry) state of the economy. - Reason Magazine". Reason.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ DECEMBER 2008 • Robert E. Wright. "Financial crisis and reform - The McKinsey Quarterly - Financial crisis and reform: Looking back for clues to the future - Strategy - Strategic Thinking". The McKinsey Quarterly. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Rx for a Vulnerable Economy: Cut Down on Debt". Economy.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "4/12/2002: A Market Solution to the Oversupply of Historians". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ http://www.econjournalwatch.org/pdf/MichenerWrightCommentJanuary2006.pdf http://www.econjournalwatch.org/pdf/MichenerWrightRejoinderMay2006.pdf