Gavin Wright
Member, Steering Committee
Senior Fellow, SIEPR

Professor Wright is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History. Currently, he is studying the origins of U.S. economic performance, considered in comparative and historical context. Other interests include the economic history of slavery and economic development in the U.S. South, the California gold rush and the economics of slavery.

Recent publications:

• "The Origins of American Industrial Success," American Economic Review
• "Can a Nation Learn? American Technology as a "Network Phenomenon," in Learning By Doing in Markets, Firms and Countries (1999)
• "The Civil Rights Revolution as Economic History," Journal of Economic History (1999)
• "The Role of Nationhood in the Economic Development of the USA," forthcoming (2000)
• "Increasing Returns and the Genesis of American Resource Abundance," (with Paul A. David), Industrial and Corporate Change (1997)
• "The Civil Rights Revolution as Economic History," Journal of Economic History (1999)
• "Slavery and American Economic Development," forthcoming Louisiana State University Press

His teaching interests include American economic history, introductory economics, and the application of social science methods to history.