The story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of colonies to an unsurpassed engine of wealth and innovation.
Born in 1926 in New York City, Alan Greenspan worked as a
Juilliard-trained professional musician before studying Economics
at New York University, where he earned his PhD. From 1974 to 1977,
he served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under
President Gerald Ford. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan appointed
him Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, a position he held until
his retirement in 2006. He is the author of the bestselling The Age
of Turbulence and The Map and the Territory 2.0.
Adrian Wooldridge is the Economist's political editor and writes
the Bagehot column. He has also worked as the Economist's American
bureau chief and author of the Lexington column, and management
editor and author of the Schumpeter column. He earned a doctorate
in history from Oxford University, where he was a Fellow of All
Souls College. He is the author of nine previous books, including
six co-written with John Micklethwait- The Witch Doctors, A Future
Perfect, The Company, The Right Nation, God is Back and The Fourth
Revolution.
This book snaps, crackles and pops ... Readers will emerge from
this heady blend of economic, business, and political history with
a sense of exhilaration that so much of the American experience
could be described so vividly and insightfully
*Financial Times*
Capitalism in America makes a strong case, with some wonderful
insights into business history. Innovation, spread to the masses,
is indeed the engine of capitalist economies.
*The Economist*
A superbly written book ... the tone is businesslike but culturally
savvy - with sociological themes from "America's urban nightmare"
of the seventies and eighties to "the rising share of working
women" handled with sensitivity and skill ... Capitalism in America
is an inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it
describes.
*The Daily Telegraph*
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