The scandal caused widespread public distrust of Congress and the federal government during the Gilded Age. Introduction...
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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...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Regional, inter-regional and international trade was a common feature of the Roman world....
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...
Social class was prevalent and largely property-based in the colonies. The Colonial Elite Overview In New England...
Multinational corporations are increasingly encroaching on the functions of sovereign states. By Lorenzo Marsili “There is no...
The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” have too much historical baggage. In early 2019, Donald Trump warned against socialism: it “promises...
In 1758, Samuel Johnson noted that the “itch of scribbling” had seized the nation. Introduction In 1758,...
Vampire fiction as class allegory predates Dracula. In May 1897 Constable and Co published a limited print...
Starting with the medieval poor/rich-topics in the Aquinian tradition of the theological economy of charity, following a...
The Socialist League was one of several early socialist groups which arose in Great Britain during the...
In the 19th century, the Grange was an agricultural brotherhood that sought to foster mutual self-reliance and...
A vivid picture of the emergence of the global market and the beginnings of global competition. Introduction...
Middle class incomes have grown by only 28 percent over the past 40 years while the top...
The archaeological evidence is clear, but the mechanisms of diffusion are still not entirely understood. By Dr....
A Phoenician-Punic ship from a relief carving on a 2nd century CE sarcophagus / Photo by NMB, Wikimedia...
This painting by Roberto Bompiani captures a common 19th-century association of Roman dining and excess. A Roman Feast,...
An overview of the main phases of the history of globalization, as well as of radical structural breaks....
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Lecture by Dr. Joseph R....
A medieval baker with his apprentice (scanned from The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie Black). As both business...
Feudalism can be found in a range of societies across different time periods. By Dr. Vladimir ShlapentokhProfessor...
Mosaic of amphorae being unloaded from a ship, Ostia / Southampton University, Creative Commons The trade networks...
The Greeks failed miserably to see the need for the development of a discipline, economic science, devoted...
Only upper-income families are seeing income growth. By Rakesh Kochhar / 09.06.2018 About half (52%) of American...