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Why the insurrection at the Capitol was an economically significant moment

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 14, 2021
Three economic historians weigh in.
Trump supporters gather at the U.S. Capitol prior to Wednesday's insurrection. “We have often lost sight of the fact that our biggest and most successful export is not capitalism, but is democracy,” said Kathleen Day, an expert on financial crises.
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How the Spanish flu contributed to the rise of Hollywood

by Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 19, 2020
The 1918 pandemic helped shift the film industry’s center of power. Could the coronavirus pandemic do the same?
A scene from the 1923 film "The Ten Commandments," one of the films that helped establish Southern California as the center of the film industry in the years following the pandemic of 1918.
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Soap saves countless lives every year. Here's how it was invented

by Andie Corban
May 25, 2020
Cody Cassidy, author of "Who Ate the First Oyster?" said the inventor of soap had no idea about its life-saving potential.
More soap use can save lives, the World Health Organization says.
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, brought to you by Macy’s immigrant staff

by Jana Kasperkevic
Nov 25, 2019
Here is how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade came to be.
A giant Peter Rabbit balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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The campaign finance of women's suffrage

by Kimberly Adams
Jun 4, 2019
Behind the political struggle was a well-financed lobbying operation.
3rd May 1913: Grand Marshal Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886 - 1916) leads a parade of 30,000 representives of the various Women's Suffrage associations through New York City.
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A major trade sticking point between the U.S. and China has deep roots

by Tracey Samuelson
Feb 14, 2019
The history of intellectual property theft goes back centuries.
"Theft [of technology] was the norm throughout history, all the way since the Industrial Revolution," says Greg Clark, a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis.
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A history of U.S. recessions

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 18, 2018
Dozens have happened since the country’s founding.
A trader working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 15, 2008 in New York City.
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How woven cloth changed the course of history

by David Brancaccio
Dec 11, 2018
From Viking sails to international trade, author Kassia St Clair explains how fabric influenced civilization.
Was woolen sailcloth the secret weapon of the Vikings? Above, the Draken Harald Harfagre, a reconstruction of a Viking longship.
Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Draken Harald Harfagre
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Author Caitlin Rosenthal on the role of slavery in the history of business

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 14, 2018
Caitlin Rosenthal, author of "Accounting for Slavery," discusses the role slavery plays in the history of business.
Stereograph Cards Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
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The disturbing parallels between modern accounting and the business of slavery

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 14, 2018
How slaveholders used modern management techniques
A group of women and children, presumably slaves, sit and stand around the doorway of a rough wooden cabin in the southern United States in the mid-19th century. One girl reads a book to the group of sitting children.
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