Richard Sylla - Guest on the latest episode of PFI Talks!

49. episode of PFI Talks with Richard Sylla - Author & Emeritus Professor at NYU.

  • Oct 3, 2026
Richard Sylla - Guest on the latest episode of PFI Talks!

Interview in English

Interview with English subtitles

Richard Sylla
Author & Emeritus Professor / NYU

Richard Sylla is the Henry Kaufman Professor Emeritus of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets and Professor Emeritus of Economics at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is one of the leading historians of American finance, with a particular focus on Alexander Hamilton and the founding of the U.S. financial system.

Sylla is the co-author, with Sidney Homer, of the classic A History of Interest Rates, and the author of Alexander Hamilton: The Illustrated Biography. He also co-edited Alexander Hamilton on Finance, Credit, and Debt with David J. Cowen. He is a former president of the Economic History Association, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a former chairman of the Museum of American Finance. He holds a PhD from Harvard University.

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