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Voices In Time

1919 | Boston

Yankee Swap

The Red Sox get rid of Babe Ruth.More

Voices In Time

1793 | Beijing

Request Denied

An emperor puts the barbarians in their place.More

Voices In Time

1817 | Gloucestershire

Import-Export

David Ricardo on apportioning labor.More

Voices In Time

1934 | Washington, DC

Art of the New Deal

FDR lobbies for freer trade.More

Voices In Time

1791 | Philadelphia

Infant Industry

Alexander Hamilton wants business to boom.More

Voices In Time

66 BC | Rome

Pay Dirt

Cicero protects the coffers.More

Voices In Time

1914 | Nigeria

Market Watch

Meeting a queen.More

Voices In Time

1902 | London

Cargoes

John Masefield looks inside a ship.More

Voices In Time

c. 150 | China

On the Silk Road

Ma Duanlin recounts what was taken to market.More

Voices In Time

c. 50 | Red Sea

Shopping Guide

A field guide to ancient ports.More

Voices In Time

c. 330 BC | Athens

Use Values

Aristotle finds a price for all our possessions.More

Voices In Time

c. 1728 | England

Merchant Princes

Voltaire esteems traders.More

Voices In Time

1892 | Brusa

Shopping List

Gertrude Bell visits the bazaar.More

Voices In Time

1898 | Boston

House Divided

Charlotte Perkins Gilman flays the inequity lurking in the home.More

Voices In Time

1873 | Paris

Business Hours

Émile Zola tours Les Halles at dawn.More

Voices In Time

c. 330 BC | Teng

Price Point

Mencius sees variations in value.More

Voices In Time

1846 | Fort Laramie

Post Route

Francis Parkman attempts a trade.More

Voices In Time

1519 | Tenochtitlán

Retail Experience

Bernal Díaz del Castillo sees everything for sale.More

Voices In Time

1636 | Quebec

Skin in the Game

Paul Le Jeune on the fur trade.More

Voices In Time

c. 1690 | London

Laissez-Faire

Dudley North praises trade.More

Voices In Time

1842 | Russia

Dead Reckoning

Nikolai Gogol places a bet.More

Voices In Time

1968 | Lawrence, KS

Exchange Value

Robert F. Kennedy gives a speech.More

Voices In Time

1854 | Marea

Canal Birth

Ferdinand de Lesseps calls for a new path.More

Voices In Time

c. 1902 | Chicago

Deal Brokers

Frank Norris gathers ’round the pit.More

Voices In Time

1842 | London

Class Conflict

The Anti-Corn Law League on tariffs.More

Voices In Time

c. 77 | Misenum

Origin of Specie

Pliny the Elder laments the earth’s riches.More

Voices In Time

1904 | Heidelberg

Economy Class

Max Weber on the spirit of capitalism.More

Voices In Time

1788 | Plymouth

Slave Ship

William Elford assails a horrifying passage.More

Voices In Time

1904 | Sulaco

Material Interests

Joseph Conrad on exploiting natural resources.More

Voices In Time

c. 1190 BC | Troy

Face Value

Shakespeare negotiates the worth of Helen.More

Voices In Time

1688 | Amsterdam

Stock and Trade

“Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins.”More

Voices In Time

c. 1800 | Bermuda

Hard Hearts

Mary Prince is sold.More

Voices In Time

2018 | Washington, DC

This Industry Is My Industry

Small business owners make their case at the Capitol.More

Voices In Time

c. 1849 | Platte River

Enough Is Enough

The Pawnee don’t want what the white man has to offer.More

Voices In Time

1711 | London

Whole Earth Catalog

Joseph Addison on the Royal Exchange.More

Voices In Time

1888 | London

Protection Racket

Engels on “the endless screw” of protectionism.More

Voices In Time

c. 300 | Niya

With the Grain

The bill comes due.More

Voices In Time

1804 | Jamaica

Growing Pains

Maria Edgeworth’s slaveholders debate slavery.More

Voices In Time

1776 | Kirkcaldy

Mutual Benefit

Adam Smith on the division of labor.More

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