A major trade sticking point between the U.S. and China has deep rootsBy Tracey SamuelsonFebruary 14, 2019Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty ImagesThe history of intellectual property theft goes back centuries.POSTED IN: China intellectual property intellectual property theft history ListenreadDownloadDownload
A history of U.S. recessions By Janet NguyenDecember 18, 2018Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesDozens have happened since the country’s founding.POSTED IN: recessions Great Recession history read
How woven cloth changed the course of history By David BrancaccioDecember 11, 2018Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Draken Harald HarfagreFrom Viking sails to international trade, author Kassia St Clair explains how fabric influenced civilization.POSTED IN: Economy cloth woven cloth vikings international trade globalism history kassia st clair clothing fashion ListenreadDownloadDownload
GM Canada's company town has learned from past layoffsBy Emma JacobsDecember 06, 2018Courtesy of the Archival Collection at the Oshawa MuseumAs the automaker's Oshawa, Ontario, plant has shed jobs, the local economy has been forced to diversify.POSTED IN: business General Motors GM oshawa Canada manufacturing auto manufacturing auto industry cars gm canada car history ListenreadDownloadDownload
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
!["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.](https://cms.marketplace.org/sites/default/files/styles/primary-image-400x222/public/GettyImages-698980646.jpg?itok=EdMdxegl)
