The History of Capitalism

Joshua Lachter is a senior in Adams House studying History with a secondary field in Economics. Since coming to Harvard he has become an editor at the Harvard Crimson, conducted research with the urban economist, Professor Edward Glaesar, and been involved in several campus startups including Ivyinsiders, a student-run test preparation company with outposts in over a dozen cities nationwide. He participated in the inaugural Harvard Summit for Young Leaders in China—a conference designed to foster US-China relations—held in Shanghai in 2006. Last spring, he was elected Producer of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation’s oldest theatrical organization and was responsible for putting up the company’s 160th production, Fable Attraction, which just completed a 40 show run in Cambridge, New York, and Bermuda.

Chris Miller is a senior at Harvard who studies international history. He primarily researches the history of statecraft, and especially the interaction of politics and economics, but also has subsidiary interests in finance, law, and liberty. Outside of academic work, his interests include sailing and string quartets.