From Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill, early theorists of the wealth of nations were pessimistic about...
Economics
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...
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...