Benjamin C. Waterhouse is a Professor of History whose research explores the culture and politics of business, particularly in the modern United States. He teaches courses in American business history, modern U.S. social and political history, the history of capitalism, and the history of finance and financial crises. He is the author of three books: Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (2013); The Land of Enterprise: A Business History of the United States (2017); and One Day I’ll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America (2024). He attended public high school in Bedford, Massachusetts, went to Princeton University, and earned his PhD in History from Harvard University.