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Robert Hessen

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.

Robert Hessen

September 1936 (1936-09)

New York City, New York, U.S.

April 15, 2024(2024-04-15) (aged 87)

Stanford, California, U.S.

Early life and education[edit]

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.

(University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975)[5]

Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab

(Hoover Institution Press, 1979)[6]

In Defense of the Corporation

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]

Hessen's books include:

at the Hoover Institution

Biographical profile

discography at Discogs

Robert Hessen