joined the faculty of the university of chicago's school of business in 1992 where he is now the robert c. mccormick professor of entrepreneurship and finance. he's written on a host of financial and economic topics including in our pages, ranging from financial regulations to the economic effects of culture. his earlier call all the book was called "saving capitalism from the capitalists," the theme central to his new book just as it was for adam smith at the dawn of american capitalism. in 2003, luigi received the prize for best young european financial economist. is currently the vice president of the american finance association, the lead independent director of telecom italian, and a member of the american academy of arts and science. he also serves on the committee on capital markets regulation, and he has a long list of other appointments. now, "a capitalism for the people" is already generating intense discussion. the economist tyler cowan recently said on his influential blog, if i had to pick out one book to explain what is going on right now to a popular audience of non-economist, this mi