<p><b>Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2018<br><br>''An inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it describes'' Liam Halligan, <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br><br>Where does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through a society? What role does innovation play in creating prosperity and why do some eras see the fruits of innovation spread more democratically, and others, including our own, find the opposite?<br><br>In <i>Capitalism in America</i>, Alan Greenspan, legendary Chair of the Federal Reserve, distils a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a profound assessment of the decisive drivers of the US economy over the course of its history. In partnership with <i>Economist </i>journalist and historian Adrian Wooldridge, he unfolds a tale of vast landscapes, titanic figures and triumphant breakthroughs as well as terrible moral failings. Every crucial American economic debate is here - from the role of slavery in the antebell