Robert Hessen
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| Born | September 1936 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 2024 (aged 87) Stanford, California, U.S. |
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Robert Hessen (September 1936 – April 15, 2024) was an American economic and business historian. He was a professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a senior research fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution.[1] He was an Objectivist and authored several books, analyzing business and economic issues from an Objectivist perspective.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Robert Hessen was born in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Queens College, his Master of Arts from Harvard University, and then his Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University.
Career
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 Remarks on Ayn Rand—Excepts of an interview with Hessen for the 2005 documentary Birth of Objectivism by Duncan Scott. |
Prior to joining the Hoover Institution and taking his position at Stanford, he taught at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University.
He was associated with philosopher Ayn Rand for 25 years, contributed articles to two of her periodicals, as well as her book, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. He was a featured commentator on Milton Friedman's award-winning PBS television documentary series, Free to Choose.
In 1985, Hessen joined the Board of Advisors of the newly formed Ayn Rand Institute.[2] In 2000, he joined the Board of Advisors of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.[3]
Among the books he wrote are Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab and In Defense of the Corporation. He was also the editor of the multi-volume series Hoover Archival Documentaries. He was featured in shorter works in such diverse publications as The New York Times, Barron's, Business History Review, Labor History, The Hastings Law Journal and the Journal of Law and Economics. His essays, discussing capitalism and presenting a private-property-and-contractual model of corporations, were published in the Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics and the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
Hessen died at Stanford Hospital on April 15, 2024, at the age of 87.[4]
Books
[edit | edit source]Hessen's books include:
- Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975)[5]
- In Defense of the Corporation (Hoover Institution Press, 1979)[6]
- Does Big Business Rule America? (edited, Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1982)[7]
- Berlin Alert: The Memoirs and Reports of Truman Smith (edited, Hoover Institution Press, 1984)[8]
- Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe (edited, Hoover Institution Press, 1990)[9]
References
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- ^ Reviews of Steel Titan:
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- ^ Reviews of In Defense of the Corporation:
- Richard D. Auster, Southern Economic Journal, JSTOR 1057263
- Barry D. Baysinger, Public Choice, JSTOR 30023432
- Robert C. Downs, UMKC Law Review, [1]
- John C. Goodman, Journal of Economic Literature, JSTOR 2723920
- Donald L. Kemmerer, The Business History Review, JSTOR 3114094
- F. G. Kempin Jr., American Business Law Journal, [2]
- Edwin A. Locke, The Academy of Management Review, JSTOR 257210
- Henry G. Manne, University of Miami Law Review, [3]
- Lee E. Preston, The Bell Journal of Economics, JSTOR 3003366
- Walter Werner, Columbia Law Review, JSTOR 1121936
- Studia Diplomatica, JSTOR 44834800
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical profile at the Hoover Institution
- Robert Hessen discography at Discogs
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- 1936 births
- 2024 deaths
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- American economic historians
- American male non-fiction writers
- Ayn Rand Institute
- Columbia University alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Objectivism scholars
- Objectivists
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business faculty
- Writers from New York City