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fromFuncheap
1 week ago

How Women Changed Work: Live Lecture (SF)

Women entering the workforce reflects significant economic transformation from the Industrial Revolution to modern-day settings.
fromFast Company
1 week ago

'We're short about a million workers': Rebecca Shi on immigration's economic toll

The Trump administration's mass deportations are causing business disruptions, prompting advocacy for immigration reform.
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

Bitcoin Mining Could Make Our Electricity Grids Smarter | HackerNoon

Henry Ford and Thomas Edison proposed replacing gold with an energy-backed currency to diminish the banking elite's power and eliminate wars over gold.
Cryptocurrency
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

A timeline of homelessness in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has a persistent homelessness crisis driven by economic and policy factors.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

A Planet Money guide to 5 fascinating new econ papers

Firewood was a central energy source in the American economy, with significant historical implications and market transactions evolving over time.
fromBig Think
2 months ago

Ancient China was less equal than the Roman Empire. Here's why.

The Roman Empire had greater income equality compared to the Han Dynasty, impacting their respective stability and longevity.
US Elections
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

20 vintage photos show the 1929 stock market crash that set off the Great Depression

The 1929 stock market crash initiated the Great Depression, influenced by speculative lending and rapid economic growth ultimately leading to widespread panic.
Retirement
from24/7 Wall St.
3 months ago

Should We Eliminate Taxes on Social Security Benefits? A Discussion on the House Tax Bill H.R. 904

Social Security benefits taxes were introduced in 1983 to address trust fund deficiencies, with changes made by Reagan and Clinton over time.
fromtime.com
3 months ago

The 19th Century Thinker Who Touted Tariffs

Protectionists presented tariffs as the essential policy to quicken the development of manufactures as well as a remedy to the social ills that afflicted the emerging industrial working class.
Right-wing politics
fromFast Company
3 months ago

How to protect your life savings from the tariff fiasco

The current market downturn is a direct result of American foreign economic policy and may not recover quickly, reflecting the impact of historical tariff wars.
US politics
UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
3 months ago

Rolls-Royce's 1970s rescue offers a blueprint for British Steel's survival

The nationalization of Rolls-Royce in 1971 highlights the importance of government intervention to protect strategic industries.
Strategic foresight is crucial in nationalization efforts to prevent mass job losses and ensure industry stability.
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 months ago

An Excerpt From The Satoshi Papers: The Banker Revolution

The Federal Reserve was established in 1913 with a dual mandate of controlling inflation and maximizing employment, yet it failed to mitigate the Great Depression.
US politics
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