Money

Was coining a heinous offense that underminined public trust in currency, or a creative solution to the shortage of specie across the Atlantic world?

History shows that targeted price caps work when accompanied by a public campaign.

How the March of Dimes used children to raise money for polio research.

Twenty-five years of neoliberal political economy are to blame for today's regime of surveillance advertising, and only public policy can undo it.

The often forgotten takeover of St. Louis by workers showed that the U.S. isn't immune to Paris Commune–style eruptions of class consciousness.

High unemployment is extremely dangerous.

Out of a common history emerged racism, capitalism, and the whole world. This offers us a clue on how to change that world.

How nonprofits went from essential service providers to vehicles for programs shaped and approved by capital.

A new book recognizes the global character of Asian exclusion.

Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation's newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today.

In 1877, one million workers went on strike and fought police and federal troops in cities across America.

Using records digitized in part by amateur genealogists, economists have upended conventional wisdom about which immigrants succeed and why.

Federal housing policies contributed to the segregation of American cities in the twentieth century. But it was private interests that led the way.

As the craft beer industry reckons with its oppressive past, it may be time to re-examine the complicated history (and present) of hops in the United States

Freedom and prosperity are the most effective cure for the scars of slavery and racism.

Uncovering the resort where rich women sought the elusive right to divorce

An interview with Ben Tarnoff, the author of "Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future."

Cheap palm oil is part of an interlocking late capitalist system.

Watergate led to a landmark law designed to limit the influence of money in politics. Today, some say the scandal isn’t what’s illegal, it’s what’s legal.

Now is a critical time to acquire a better understanding of this misunderstood and oversimplified philosophy known as Neomercantilism.

The recently rereleased 1979 film can teach today’s workers how to throw their weight around.

The story of the modern web is often told through the stories of Google, Facebook, Amazon. But eBay was the first conqueror.

The racial wealth gap is the largest of the economic disparities between Black and white Americans, and one of the most persistent.

Tufts Professor Kris Manjapra examines the history of the injustice of abolition in the U.S. and abroad and the need for reparations in his new book.

Wealthy planter Samuel Townshend wanted to leave this estate to his children when he died—an ordinary enough wish. The trouble was: his children were enslaved.

What did the creator of the Whole Earth Catalog stand for?

A movement to secure payments for descendants of enslaved people rages on.

Spotless bathrooms used to be a crucial selling point for gas stations.

Harvard made headlines by announcing that it would devote $100 million to remedying “the harms of the university’s ties to slavery.”

Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.