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
Christmas has always been about consumptionBy Hayley HershmanDecember 08, 2017Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesAnd if you feel like the holiday used to be better, you're not alone.POSTED IN: life holidays Christmas history norman rockwell consumerism ListenreadDownloadDownload
American laborers as art at the National Portrait GalleryBy Kai RyssdalDecember 05, 2017Bridget Bodnar/Marketplace"I want people to walk away recognizing workers in their daily life ... and possibly feel a little less alone walking away," says the exhibit's co-curator.POSTED IN: national portrait gallery smithsonian art history portraits art museums ListenreadDownloadDownload
