{{short description|American economist}}

'''Peter Z. Grossman''' (born July 27, 1948) is the Clarence Efroymson Professor of Economics, now emeritus, at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the author of seven books, including a comprehensive history of American Express. He was a columnist for the ''Indianapolis Star'' from 2000 to 2007. Grossman earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St.&nbsp;Louis in 1990 and 1992, respectively, and his B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Columbia University in 1970 and 1972, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia College Today |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/mar05/bookshelf1.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.college.columbia.edu}}</ref>

==Bibliography== *''In Came the Darkness: The Story of Blackouts'', Four Winds Press, New York, 1981. {{ISBN|9780590076517}}. *''American Express: the Unofficial History of the People who Built the Great Financial Empire'', Crown, New York, 1987. {{ISBN|978-0517562383}} *''Introduction to Energy: Resources, Technology and Society'', Cambridge University Press, 1990, with E.S. Cassedy, 2nd printing 1993. 2nd Edition, 1998. 3rd Edition, 2017. *''The End of a Natural Monopoly: Deregulation and Competition in the Electric Power Industry'', JAI Press, with Daniel H. Cole, 2003. *''How Cartels Endure and How They Fail: Studies of Industrial Collusion'', Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004. *''Principles of Law and Economics'', Prentice Hall, with Daniel H. Cole, 2005. *''U.S. Energy Policy and the Pursuit of Failure'', Cambridge University Press, 2013. {{ISBN|978-1107005174}}

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