Speaking
History That Helps
What can 300 years of Americans trying to get ahead teach us about money, work, risk, and opportunity today?
Joseph Moore is a historian, author, and investor whose work explores the people, decisions, and ideas that shaped American prosperity. His book, How to Get Rich in American History, examines the financial advice that worked, the advice that failed, and the surprising lessons still relevant today.
Joseph’s talks combine compelling historical stories, contrarian insights, humor, and practical takeaways. He challenges familiar assumptions about wealth-building while offering an optimistic perspective: getting ahead is difficult, but it is not impossible, and history provides more evidence than many people realize.
Possible Speaking Topics
How to Get Rich in American History
For three centuries, Americans have experimented with ways to build wealth. Some strategies worked. Others failed spectacularly. Joseph explores what history can teach us about investing, real estate, entrepreneurship, work, risk, and the American Dream.
The Financial Advice That Worked, and the Advice That Didn’t
Much of today’s financial advice is presented as timeless wisdom. But when we examine how people actually built wealth across American history, some familiar ideas look very different. Joseph separates durable principles from modern myths.
The American Dream Is Not Dead
Pessimism is persuasive, but it is not always accurate. Joseph shares the stories of ordinary people who found ways to create opportunity, build prosperity, and move forward in difficult circumstances.
What History Can Teach Us About Today’s Markets
Markets change, but human behavior often does not. By looking at earlier financial bubbles, new technologies, investment fads, and economic disruptions, Joseph helps audiences see current events with greater clarity.
The Surprising History of Money
American money has not always worked the way it does today. From self-issued banknotes to modern cryptocurrency, Joseph traces the experiments, failures, and breakthroughs that shaped the financial system we know.
The Truth About Passive Income, Risk, and Getting Ahead
There is no such thing as a risk-free path to prosperity. Joseph examines the hidden work behind wealth-building and explains why some of the risks we fear most are not always the risks that matter most.
A Speaker Who Makes History Useful
Joseph brings history to life through stories that are surprising, funny, and relevant. His presentations are designed to give audiences more than interesting facts. They offer a new way to understand the financial decisions they are making now.
He has spoken with investment firms, universities, and organizations across the country. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and Forbes, and he is the host of the History That Helps podcast. Source: Joseph Moore’s current website
Whether your audience is interested in personal finance, investing, history, business, economics, or the future of opportunity, Joseph’s talks connect the past to the choices people are making today.
Bring Joseph Moore to Your Event
To inquire about speaking availability, keynote presentations, workshops, interviews, or event appearances, contact:
josephmoore2@icloud.com