Author Caitlin Rosenthal on the role of slavery in the history of businessBy Kimberly Adams and Ariel Plotnick August 14, 2018Stereograph Cards Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.Caitlin Rosenthal, author of "Accounting for Slavery," discusses the role slavery plays in the history of business.POSTED IN: slavery accounting management history African American history read
The disturbing parallels between modern accounting and the business of slaveryBy Kimberly AdamsAugust 14, 2018Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesIn her new book, "Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management,” Caitlin Rosenthal details how plantation owners used advanced accounting and management techniques to increase the productivity and profitability of the people they enslaved.POSTED IN: slavery history accounting management African American history ListenreadDownloadDownload
Where did the word "economics" come from?By Ellen MillenderMay 25, 2018Courtesy of Ellen MillenderThe five things you didn't know about ancient economics.POSTED IN: world world history ancient greece art Economics ListenreadDownloadDownload
Without the first joint stock company, the U.S. wouldn't existBy Marketplace staffMay 08, 2018Photo by Mario Tama/Getty ImagesSomeone had to pay for American colonies. Enter the British merchants adventurers. POSTED IN: New World Inc. stock company joint stock company history colonialism U.S. history ListenreadDownloadDownload
The history of the song "Louie Louie"By David Brancaccio and Janet NguyenApril 23, 2018Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesA look at the origins of the song that the FBI investigated for 18 months.POSTED IN: life Music songs history music industry ListenreadDownloadDownload
France debates how to pay for saving crumbling cathedralsBy John LaurensonFebruary 22, 2018John Laurenson /for MarketplaceA proposal to charge tourists for entrance to historic churches has been met with resistance from the Conference of French Bishops.POSTED IN: world architecture church France notre dame de paris history ListenreadDownloadDownload
Were retail jobs always low wage, with few benefits?By Marielle SegarraFebruary 09, 2018STR/AFP/Getty ImagesA brief history of retail work in America.POSTED IN: Retail retail history bureau of labor statistics labor ListenreadDownloadDownload
Pittsburgh's influential but brief role in the Black Renaissance By Kai Ryssdal and Bridget BodnarJanuary 30, 2018Getty Images/Teenie Harris Archive/Carnegie Museum of ArtMark Whitaker's new book, "Smoketown," examines the sometimes overlooked role that the city played. POSTED IN: life Pittsburgh culture mid 20th century history black Renaissance ListenreadDownloadDownload
Civil rights tourism sees more demand and destinationsBy Renata SagoJanuary 12, 2018Renata Sago/MarketplaceFrom new attractions in Atlanta to a U.S. Civil Rights Trail, tourism around civil rights history is growing.POSTED IN: life Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights tourism Atlanta South history ListenreadDownloadDownload
