Mark V. Siegler is Professor of Economics at California State University, Sacramento, where he teaches courses in data analysis, econometrics, macroeconomics, and economic history. He has also taught at Williams College, Bates College, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis. He holds a BA with highest honors in Economics from UC Santa Cruz and a PhD in Economics from UC Davis, where his dissertation was awarded the Allan Nevins Prize by the Economic History Association.Siegler has published articles that explore U.S. and comparative macroeconomic history and a wide range of other topics, from the pay of international basketball players in the NBA to the use of statistical significance in economics and other disciplines. He is also the author of An Economic History of the United States: Connecting the Present with the Past (2e, Bloomsbury, 2025).