Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the FSA to document the Great Depression, over a third were...
Economics
In the direct selling world, you can find everything from coffee to cutlery. With over a thousand...
How American history has helped shape the way we design, issue, and process modern U.S. banknotes. 1690:...
Throughout time, new currency has been associated with mystical qualities, and Bitcoin is no exception. Money is...
The media group seeks alternative revenue streams as the popularity of its main products falls. By Hannah...
Inequality in land and income ownership is negatively correlated with subsequent economic growth. Introduction Tax policy and...
One viable solution to increase one’s wealth was to simply steal someone else’s property. Introduction Early medieval...
The oldest form of security offered by property was pawning. By Kelly Lambert As long as people...
Indentured workers were commonly bought and sold when they arrived at their destinations. Introduction Indentured servitude is a...
Organized workers, often defying their timid union leadership, are on the march across the United States. There...
The late 19th century saw the expansion of the U.S. financial system but was also beset by...
The elite classes in Rome and Athens found lucrative business endeavors necessary in order to climb their...
From Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill, early theorists of the wealth of nations were pessimistic about...
Specie and paper notes were denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence, their values varying from one colony...
The concept of banking has existed in some form or another since settled civilizations began. Once successful...
A lack of money plagued colonial America. Introduction Inflation is often thought to be the result of...
Inequality is reaching feudal proportions, where very few own almost everything, and everyone else is crushed by...
It allows the U.S. to borrow money at a lower cost and amplifies the power of its...
While China is trying to find ways to become the dominant superpower around the world, Donald Trump’s...
Fears of great wealth and the need for economic equality go back to the country’s origins. Introduction...
Many factors, including World War I and its aftermath, set the stage for this economic disaster. Factors...
The scandal caused widespread public distrust of Congress and the federal government during the Gilded Age. Introduction...
The story of the DSEU helps fill in gaps on working women in the Great Depression By...
At the heart of the struggle was the continuing story that new unions were claiming freedoms and...
Introduction Once a medical practice bills a patient for the provided services, the amount delivered by the...
The collapsing economy is a rude awakening, but its fragility hides a transformative power. The coronavirus is...
Trade routes spanned China in early Shang dynasty times, but it was from mid-Zhou times that commerce...
Discussions of economics have existed since ancient times but it was not a separate discipline until the...
Economic theory today still rests in many areas upon the foundations laid by classical economists. Introduction Classical...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...