ABOUT THE AUTHOR ​

 

Daniel Wortel-London is a historian of 20th-century economic thought and public policy and an assistant professor of history at Bard College. His forthcoming book, The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1875–1981 (University of Chicago Press), examines over a century of economic strategy and debate in New York City. A graduate of NYU’s Ph.D. program in history, his scholarship has appeared in leading academic journals and public outlets including the Journal of Urban History, Harvard Business History Review, the Washington Post, and Jacobin. He has received fellowships from the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and NYU’s Bessie and George Levy Prize and has taught at institutions across the U.S. and China.