economics

The value of a $20 bill may seem as arbitrary as Monopoly money when reduced to a simple slip of paper. Nevertheless, even children understand the imprudence of tearing it into pieces. [Read More]

A deeply reported, fast-paced exposé of the money and the cardinals-turned-financiers at the heart of the Vatican—the world’s biggest, most powerful religious institution—from an acclaimed journalist with “exhaustive research techniques” (The New York Times). [Read More]

Published on 9 March 1776, during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution, “The Wealth of Nations” exerted a significant influence on various authors, economists, governments, and organizations. One notable figure impacted by the work was Alexander Hamilton, who drew inspiration from it for his “Report on Manufactures,” where he contested several of Smith’s policies. [Read More]