Professional Affiliation

Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor in American Studies in the Department of History at Cornell University

Expert Bio

Lawrence B. Glickman, is the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor in American Studies in the Department of History at Cornell University. In addition to Free Enterprise: An American History (2019), he has written or edited four other books, including Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America (2009) and A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society (1997). He writes regularly for popular publications, including the Washington Post, Boston Review, and Dissent.  His article, “The Racist Politics of the English Language” was named one of the most-loved essays in Boston Review in 2018. He also is active on Twitter @larryglickman.