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Burton Folsom Jr., Ph.D., currently Professor of History at Hillsdale College, was Historian in Residence at the Center for the American Idea in Houston, Texas, and author of four books, including The Myth of the Robber Barons and Urban Capitalists. Burt is a former senior fellow in economic education with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in history at the University of Pittsburgh and has taught American history at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Nebraska, Northwood University, and Murray State University, where he was a tenured full professor. In addition to the books he has written, Burt's articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, The Freeman, Human Events, Journal of Southern History, and Pacific Historical Review. |
