More an economic argument than an exposition of history or biography, Morris' volume analyzes long-term historical trends and their influence on modern affairs. The result is a fascinating ...

By Sam Roberts Charles R. Morris, a former government official ... topics — including the Great Depression, the nation’s tycoons, the cost of health care, the Cold War arms race and the ...

As financial writer and historian Morris (The Tycoons) makes clear in his latest book, the perfect storm of universal white male suffrage along with the evolutionary perfection of mechanized ...