Burton Folsom Jr., Ph.D., currently Professor of History at Hillsdale College, was Historian in Residence at the Center for the American Idea in Houston, Texas, and author of several books, including The Myth of the Robber Barons, Urban Capitalists, and New Deal or Raw Deal. Burt is a former senior fellow in economic education with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan.