Financial History, Issue 101

Fall 2011

Checks & Balances

By Robert E. Wright

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Darwin Economics, by Robert H. Frank

Harry Markowitz, Father of Modern Portfolio Theory, Still Diversified, by Alan Lavine

Wall Street in Widescreen, by Hal Thompson

Colonial Antecedents, by Edwin J. Perkins

Joseph and Jesse Seligman: Pioneers of 19th Century Investment Banking, by James S. Kaplan

Unlocking Value at Biltmore Estate, by Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper

Book Review: Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression by Douglas A. Irwin. Reviewed by Michael A. Martorelli.

Book Review: Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. Reviewed by Gregory DL Morris.

Download Magazine Excerpt: "Checks & Balances: Three Epochs of Federal Budget Management" (PDF, 846.18 K)