robert, hessen, born, 1936, american, economic, business, historian, professor, graduate, school, business, stanford, university, senior, research, fellow, stanford, hoover, institution, objectivist, authored, several, books, analyzing, business, economic, iss. Robert Hessen born 1936 is an American economic and business historian He is a professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a senior research fellow at Stanford s Hoover Institution 1 He is an Objectivist and has authored several books analyzing business and economic issues from an Objectivist perspective Robert HessenBorn1936New York City New York USNationalityAmericanAlma materQueens College BA Harvard University MA Columbia University PhD Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Books 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and education editRobert Hessen was born in New York City He received his Bachelor of Arts from Queens College his Master of Arts from Harvard University and then his Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University Career editExternal videos nbsp Remarks on Ayn Rand Excepts of an interview with Hessen for the 2005 documentary Birth of Objectivism by Duncan Scott Prior to joining the Hoover Institution and taking his current position at Stanford he taught at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University He was associated with philosopher Ayn Rand for 25 years contributed articles to two of her periodicals as well as her book Capitalism The Unknown Ideal He was a featured commentator on Milton Friedman s award winning PBS television documentary series Free to Choose In 1985 Hessen became one of the founding board of governors of the Ayn Rand Institute 2 Among the books he has written are Steel Titan The Life of Charles M Schwab and In Defense of the Corporation He is also the editor of the multi volume series Hoover Archival Documentaries He has featured shorter works in such diverse publications as The New York Times Barron s Business History Review Labor History The Hastings Law Journal and the Journal of Law and Economics His essays discussing capitalism and presenting a private property and contractual model of corporations were published in the Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics and the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Books editHessen s books include Steel Titan The Life of Charles M Schwab University of Pittsburgh Press 1975 3 In Defense of the Corporation Hoover Institution Press 1979 4 Does Big Business Rule America edited Ethics and Public Policy Center 1982 5 Berlin Alert The Memoirs and Reports of Truman Smith edited Hoover Institution Press 1984 6 Breaking with Communism The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D Wolfe edited Hoover Institution Press 1990 7 References edit Tupy Marian Bernie Is Not a Socialist and America Is Not Capitalist TheAtlantic com Retrieved November 29 2017 Announcements The Objectivist Forum 5 6 13 15 December 1984 Reviews of Steel Titan Gerald G Eggert The American Historical Review JSTOR 1865061 Harold C Livesay The Business History Review JSTOR 3113003 Glenn Porter A Picture from Life s Other Side Pocket Robber Baron Reviews in American History JSTOR 2701459 Roger D Simon Pennsylvania History A Journal of Mid Atlantic Studies JSTOR 27772488 W Ross Yates The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography JSTOR 20091117 Reviews of In Defense of the Corporation Richard D Auster Southern Economic Journal JSTOR 1057263 Barry D Baysinger Public Choice JSTOR 30023432 Robert C Downs UMKC Law Review 1 John C Goodman Journal of Economic Literature JSTOR 2723920 Donald L Kemmerer The Business History Review JSTOR 3114094 F G Kempin Jr American Business Law Journal 2 Edwin A Locke The Academy of Management Review JSTOR 257210 Henry G Manne University of Miami Law Review 3 Lee E Preston The Bell Journal of Economics JSTOR 3003366 Walter Werner Columbia Law Review JSTOR 1121936 Studia Diplomatica JSTOR 44834800 Review of Does Big Business Rule America James W Brock Review of Industrial Organization JSTOR 41798264 Reviews of Berlin Alert Justus D Doenecke A Military Observer in Hitler s Reich Reviews in American History JSTOR 2701916 Michael Dunne International Affairs JSTOR 2619810 Manfred Jonas Military Affairs JSTOR 1987941 Fritz Stern Foreign Affairs JSTOR 20042140 Review of Breaking with Communism Donald W Treadgold Russian History JSTOR 24656416External links editBiographical profile at the Hoover Institution Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Hessen amp oldid 1180847272, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
