
John Steele Gordon
Gordon’s books include “Hamilton’s Blessing: the Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt” (1997), “The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power, 1653–2000” (1999), and “An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power” (2004). His next book will be a history of the world economy. Gordon is also a frequent commentator on Marketplace, the daily public radio business-news program, and has appeared on CNBC, PBS, ABC’s 20/20, Bloomberg, and C-SPAN television.