Robert HessenRobert Hessen, a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, is a historian and author specializing in American economic and business history. He received a BA from Queens College, his MA from Harvard University, and his PhD from Columbi University. He lectures frequently to business and academic audiences on government regulation of industry and has testified before congressional committees. His articles, commentaries, and reviews have appeared in many scholarly and popular publications, including the New York Times, Barron's, Business History Review, Labor History, the Hastings Law Journal, and the Journal of Law and Economics. Hessen is also the general editor of the Hoover Archival Documentaries, a multivolume series that publishes historically significant materials from the archives of the Hoover Institution. Read More Read Less