Golden Mountains: Pike's Peak, Western Capitalism, and the Making of the Colorado State: 1858-1876

Abstract

Explores the nonlinear imposition of capitalist ideologies in Western systems, using the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush and development in Colorado from 1858-1876 as a case study.

Publication
Colby College History Department Honors Thesis
Jason Dunn
Jason Dunn
Senior Economic Research Associate

I am a Senior Economic Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. I will be beginning a PhD program in Economics at Boston University in Fall 2024.