8 7 , ▁Wright ▁took ▁degrees ▁in ▁History ▁from ▁Buff alo ▁State ▁College , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁All - Col lege ▁Hon ors ▁Program , ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁at ▁Buff alo ▁( Ph . D ., ▁ 1 9 9 7 ). ▁ ▁Research ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁he ▁has ▁author ed , ▁co - author ed , ▁edited , ▁or ▁co - ed ited ▁twenty ▁books ▁on ▁topics ▁including ▁banks ▁and ▁bank ing , ▁book ▁publishing , ▁construction , ▁corpor ations , ▁corpor ate ▁gene al ogy , ▁and ▁corpor ate ▁govern ance , ▁economic ▁indic ators , ▁entrepr ene ur ship , ▁government ▁b ail outs , ▁ins urance , ▁money ▁and ▁mon et ary ▁policy , ▁public ▁deb ts , ▁public ▁policies , ▁and ▁se cur ities ▁mark ets . ▁ ▁Wright ' s ▁writ ings ▁include ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁role ▁the ▁real ▁estate ▁mort g age ▁crisis ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 6 0 s ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁Wright ▁is ▁a ▁board ▁member ▁of ▁Histor ians ▁Again st ▁S la very , ▁an ▁N GO . ▁He ▁ed its ▁its ▁books ▁series ▁with ▁Cambridge ▁University ▁Press , ▁" S la ver ies ▁Since ▁E man cip ation ," ▁and ▁serves ▁on ▁H AS ' s ▁public ▁speak ers ▁b ureau . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁American ▁Fin ance . ▁ ▁Wright ▁taught ▁at ▁New ▁York ▁University ’ s ▁Stern ▁School ▁of ▁Business