Wall Street, New York, New York, circa 1917. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. LC-USZ62-96872
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Louis Hyman
Entrepreneurs of the New Deal
Think the postwar boom was because government stayed out of business? You would be wrong. Working with business, postwar federal policies smartly encouraged the investment of private capital in new sectors, producing what many have called "the golden age of capitalism." Learn how some of the New...(Read More)
Bryant Simon
Learning about America from Starbucks
From Main Street to Minneapolis to Monterrey, Starbucks has planted its coffee-stained flag in every corner of the U.S. Consumers in Memphis order the same grande orange creme frappuccino as their counterparts demand in Madison. For a moment around 2000, Starbucks became, without question, as...(Read More)
Carole Shammas
The Standard of Living over the Past Five Hundred Years
This lecture covers debates over the role of capitalism and industrialization in bettering the lot of humankind. Read More
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