Free Markets for a World on Fire: Thinking Historically to Confront Today's Challenges
Jacob Soll is University Professor and professor of philosophy, history, and accounting at the University of Southern California.
He received a D.E.A. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, and a Ph.D. from Magdalene College, Cambridge University.
He has taught at Cambridge University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, and the European University Institute in Fiesole, Italy.
Soll has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes including two NEH Fellowships, the Jacques Barzun Prize from the American Philosophical Society, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and, in 2011, the MacArthur “Genius Prize” Fellowship.
He is the author of four books and numerous academic and newspaper and magazine articles in outlets such as the NYT, Politico, Le Monde, the WSJ and others.
His last book, The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations, was a global bestseller.