James “Jim” Grant (born 26 July 1946) is an American writer and publisher. He founded Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets published since 1983. He has also written several books on finance and history.
Books in order of publication:
Bernard M. Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend – 1983
Money of the Mind – 1992
Minding Mr. Market – 1993
The Trouble with Prosperity: A Contrarian’s Tale of Boom, Bust, and Speculation – 1996
John Adams: Party of One – 2005
Mr. Market Miscalculates: The Bubble Years and Beyond – 2008
Mr. Speaker!: The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed, the Man Who Broke the Filibuster – 2011
The Forgotten Depression – 2014
Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian – 2019
Friends Until the EndEdmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution – 2025