Jonathan Levy

Jonathan Levy is James Westfall Thompson Professor of U.S. History and Social Thought at the University of Chicago. His latest book is Ages of American Capitalism: A History of the United States.

The Localist

Why did Chicago become the headquarters of free market fundamentalism? Adam Smith offers a clue.

  • Jonathan Levy

Lunchtime in Italy

The tradition allows private and public life to meet, maintaining a baseline solidarity in civic life.

  • Jonathan Levy
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