The Next Retail Revolution
Brooks Brothers. Lord & Taylor. J.Crew. Ann Taylor. Sur la Table. Lucky Brand. J.C. Penney. […]
My Adventures in Self-Publishing
When my book The Great A&P was published back in 2011, a major commercial publisher […]
The Post-Zoom World
In March, as much of the country was shutting down to slow the spread of […]
Megamess
The world economy, as you may have noticed, hasn’t been doing so well of late. […]
No, the Coronavirus Won’t Kill Off Globalization
The spread of COVID-19 has brought much commentary about the impending end of globalization. While […]
The Great A&P Revisited
When it was published back in 2011, many readers took my book The Great A&P […]
On Paul Volcker
A dozen years after anyone in the United States last got worked up about inflation, […]
Too Damn Big
Not too long ago, I had a chat with a high-ranking executive at a major […]
In Search of Economic Narratives
A few years ago, I joined an organization of economic historians. Having written several books […]
Revisiting the Productivity Slump
Three years ago, in my book An Extraordinary Time, I advanced the view that governments […]