Money & Economic History News
9 Companies That Paid Workers in Scrip, Goods, or Tokens Instead of Cash
Before minimum wage laws had teeth, some of America's biggest employers handed workers tokens, store…
The bread riots that nearly ended Egypt’s government
In January 1977, Egypt cut its bread subsidies. Within 48 hours, the country was on…
How America lost more than 3,000 banks in 14 years and what it cost ordinary families
Between 1980 and 1994, more American banks failed than at any point since the Great…
The town that printed its own money and got away with it
During the worst years of the Great Depression, some American communities didn't wait for Washington.…