Historian, Author, Speaker

In How to Get Rich in American History (HarperCollins, 2026), Joseph S. Moore untangles the 300 year story of Americans getting by, getting rich, or going broke trying. From Benjamin Franklin to now, it offers the first comprehensive history of financial advice in America and the lessons that apply to our lives today.

The Journal of American History called his first book a “deftly-focused, often-witty account.” Scholars hailed it as “an extraordinary book.”

Published in outlets like The New York Times & Oxford University Press. Research supported by Harvard, Duke, Notre Dame, & the Organization of American Historians.