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You know Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin, but you probably haven't formally met Salmon. Salmon P. Chase was Abraham Lincoln’s Treasury Secretary and the man…
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The bedrock of modern corporate anxiety was laid down by a monk who just really liked doing math. Luca Pacioli, a Franciscan friar in the 15th century,…
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Talk about liquidating your domestic assets. Under the Code of Hammurabi, a man who fell severely into debt could literally hand over his wife or children to…
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Economists loved using lighthouses as the ultimate example of a 'public good' that only the government could build, since you cannot force ships to pay for…
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When people get scared, they hoard all the physical metal they can find. During the American Civil War, coins vanished from circulation completely, forcing…
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Ah, the roaring thirties, when sweeping the floor was literally a gold mine. As paper money became as worthless as a politician's promise, folks resorted to…
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