Autor: Hugh Rockoff

Hugh Rockoff is a distinguished professor of economics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on the history of monetary policy and financial regulation, and the economics of war. He is the author of books on the U.S. Free Banking Era and the history of price controls in the United States, and of many papers in professional journals. His latest book is America“s Economic Way of War: War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War. He is also the author, with Gary Walton, of a textbook: History of the American Economy. His undergraduate degree is from Earlham College and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Isao Suto is a professor of economic history at Meiji University, Tokyo. He gained his Ph.D. in economics from Nagoya University. His books include Shaping of the Post-War Federal Reserve  Policy: From New Deal to the Accord (2008).