Distrust of a sales pitch is as old as the barter system. Introduction How often have you...
Economy
In the years following the American Revolution, speed was the most important consideration for ships. Introduction The...
Do you want steady income and cash flow? Investment in strip malls or net leased properties can...
Entrepreneurs continuously hunt for new investment methods to increase their ROI (return on investment). They always prefer...
Mercantilism was a political movement and an economic theory, dominant in Europe between 1600 and 1800. Introduction...
This massive migration to California transformed the state’s landscape and population. Introduction On January 8, 1848, James...
Looking at the effete 19th-century Eastern urbanite who traveled to the Wild West in quest of a...
Australia’s Foy & Gibson department store once dominated Melbourne, with showrooms, factories and warehouses spread over 500,000...
Introduction The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket riot or Haymarket massacre) on Tuesday May 4,...
Discussions of economics have existed since ancient times but it was not a separate discipline until the...
Thaddeus Stevens was a fearsome reformer, who never backed down from a fight. In 1813, a young...
The city became an important center for trade along the Silk Road. Introduction Ctesiphon was an ancient...
The Internet has dramatically changed the ways that people browse, shop for, and purchase their goods. The...
The notion of social class is still questioned as it becomes even more difficult to define in...
Though food costs rose for everyone, low-income families living in districts like the Lower East Side, were...
No matter who you are and how carefully you plan, life just has a way of throwing...
Guilds started as small associations of skilled artisans, experienced and confirmed experts in their field of handicraft....
Trades and trading practices varied over time and place throughout the Middle Ages. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
It was justified by reference to historical myths that nobles and servile peasants were separated by courage...
During the war, the top “marginal rate” was 94%, but 94% of what? Recent history shows tax...
The economic decline was marked by a severe drop in population. By Dr. Murray N. RothbardHistorian and...
Wealthy landowners enclosed (privatized) the commons for their own profits, impoverishing many villagers. By Jay Walljasper Medieval...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...
Banking was highly developed and subject to Roman Law, and money deposits were to be safeguarded and...
Direct taxation was not well-developed in ancient Greece. Introduction The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely...
The inventions themselves were not an immediately profitable investment throughout many parts of Europe during the 18th...
Working children were subject to very long work hours under harsh and dangerous conditions. Introduction The children...
The working environment was harsh and laborers had to work long hours for extremely low wages. Introduction...
The Industrial Revolution was a time of major change and adaptation. Introduction There are many aspects in...
We’ve always had those situations when we have to do the best trade-offs, especially when buying something...