Richard S. Grossman

Richard S. Grossman is Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University and Guggenheim Fellow. His scholarship analyzes banking evolution, financial crises, and regulatory responses across industrialized economies since 1800.

Seminal work 'Unsettled Account' examines crisis patterns, bailout mechanisms, and merger waves through comparative historical analysis. Recent research investigates pre-WWI British banking stability and long-term equity market performance.

Before academia, he served as a U.S. State Department economist and testifies as an expert witness on financial regulation. His current projects include reconstructing historical stock indices and studying Reconstruction-era economic policies.