Charles P. Kindleberger

Charles Poor "Charlie" Kindleberger (October 12, 1910 – July 7, 2003) was a historical economist and author of over 30 books. His 1978 book Manias, Panics, and Crashes, about speculative stock market bubbles, was reprinted in 2000 after the dot-com bubble. He is well known for hegemonic stability theory. Kindleberger was born in New York City on October 12, 1910. He graduated from Kent School in 1928, University of Pennsylvania in 1932, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1937. He died on July 7, 2003 in Cambridge, MA. He was married to the late Sarah Miles Kindleberger for 59 years, and was survived by four children: Charles P. Kindleberger III of St. Louis, MO; Richard S. Kindleberger of Cambridge, MA (a reporter at the...