John Joseph Cassidy (born 1963) is a British-American journalist and a staff writer at ''

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Background and education

Cassidy received his undergraduate degree from

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, studied at

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on a Harkness Fellowship, and received a master's degree in journalism from

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and a master's in economics from

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Economics writing

Cassidy wrote ''Capitalism and Its Critics, A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI'' (2025). It is described as "A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics." The Financial Times lists it as Most Anticipated Book of 2025. Cassidy is the author of the well-received ''Dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold'', which examines the

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, and '' How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities'', which combines a skeptical history of economics with an analysis of the housing bubble and credit bust. He is also well known for his biographical and economic writing on the famous

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, whom he interprets in a largely positive light.

Bibliography

Books

* ''Dot.con: the Greatest Story Ever Sold'' (2002) * '' How Markets Fail: the Logic of Economic Clamities'' (2009) * ''Capitalism and Its Critics, A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI'' (2025)

Essays and reporting

* Alan Greenspan. * * * * * Title in the online table of contents is "Why not just print more money?". * Online version is titled "The real cost of the 2008 financial crisis". *

Blog posts

* ——————— ;Notes and full bibliographic citations

References

External links

* English male journalists Living people The New Yorker staff writers 1963 births Harkness Fellows Alumni of University College, Oxford New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Writers from Leeds English male non-fiction writers English cricketers Oxford University cricketers People educated at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Leeds 20th-century English sportsmen {{US-journalist-1960s-stub