John Steele Gordon
John Steele Gordon was born and raised in New York City. He attended Millbrook School and Vanderbilt University, graduating with a B.A. in history in 1966. He has been writing on business and economic history for over twenty-five years.
He is the author of seven books. Among them are The Scarlet Woman of Wall Street, a history of Wall Street in the 1860s; Hamilton’s Blessing, a history of the national Debt; The Great Game, A history of Wall Street; A Thread Across the Ocean, the story of the laying of the Atlantic cable; and An Empire of Wealth, a history of the American economy.
He has also written for numerous publications, including Forbes, Forbes ASAP, Worth, the American, National Review, Commentary, and the Weekly Standard. He wrote “The Business of America” column for American Heritage for eighteen years (many of the columns were collected into a book of that name published in 2001). He currently writes a column on business history for Barron’s called “The Long View.”
He writes frequent book reviews for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, where he also contributes frequent op-ed articles.
Recent Blog Posts
- The President’s “Accommodation”, Feb 13 2012
- Presidential Semantics, Feb 12 2012
- Mortgage Settlement is Bank Robbery, Feb 10 2012
- The Liberal Parrot Squawks Again, Feb 08 2012
- The Super Bowl and the GDP , Feb 06 2012
- Today’s Jobs Numbers Are Good News for White House, Feb 03 2012
- The Truth About Buffett and Taxes, Jan 26 2012
- Watch the Walker Recall Election, Jan 24 2012
- Why the Debate Was Such a Snooze, Jan 24 2012
- Carried Interest — A Bipartisan Issue, Jan 20 2012
