About

I hold a UBS Foundation Professorship at the Economics Department, University of Zurich, I am a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and I serve as Scientific Director of the UBS Center for Economics in Society.

My research has been published in four of the top 5 journals in economics, general interest journals, as well as in books and field journals. Principal areas of research include long-run economic growth, the history of sovereign debt, causes and consequences of the Nazi Party's rise to power, and the economic history of the Industrial Revolution. I have published three academic books with OUP and Princeton UP, five popular books, and and over 50 articles in leading journals including the AER, QJE, JPE, RESTUD, PNAS, APSR, JEH, Explorations, and the Journal of Finance.

My research has been profiled in The Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other major international media outlets.