Economy

21-03-2025
The story of the garbage man Michael Carroll won millions and ...
It is said that people do not appreciate what they got without difficulty. There is some truth in this, as the story of Briton ...

18-03-2025
Looks like an abandoned Japanese resort and Spa
Japanese baths with water from hot underground springs — hot spring — for many years remained one of the main tourist ...

26-02-2025
5 world-famous brands that collaborated with the Nazis
To whom the war, and to whom the mother is dear! This is how you can accurately describe the actions of entrepreneurs who managed ...

24-02-2025
Fordlandia: how automaker Henry Ford built a “city of ...
Building an ideal society is an idea that has occupied the minds of people for many centuries. One of those who sought to make the ...

12-02-2025
The story of Kurt Degerman - homeless millionaire
History knows many examples when a person became rich without having a minimum starting capital. But among those who have made a ...

03-02-2025
Cases of catastrophic hyperinflation that will remain in history
People say that money is just paper. But using this figurative expression, we do not even guess how close we are to the truth. Get ...

27-01-2025
Why do coins have a ribbed edge
If you take a coin out of your pocket and examine it carefully, you will see that its edge, which is called the edge, has a notch. ...

25-01-2025
Chaebol — how legalized nepotism performed an economic ...
Today South Korea is one of the leaders of the world economy, and Seoul looks like a megacity from a fantastic movie. But half a ...

15-01-2025
Cargo cult, or What are the "airplane worshippers" of Oceania ...
Most religions of the world imply the existence of a higher entity capable of bestowing benefits on people. In many cases, it is ...

25-12-2024
Knives, salt and other unusual forms of ancient currency
Money. Just with this one word, people have a lot of feelings, thoughts and emotions. But would you accept a bar of salt or a huge ...

24-12-2024
Rubber Fever, or the Story of a failed economic Miracle
Rubber fever is the closest relative of the gold rush. This term appeared at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, when Brazil ...

12-12-2024
10 unusual ways to make money: these options will suit almost ...
We all sometimes find ourselves in difficult situations when there is an acute need for money. Back pay for work not paid on time ...

03-12-2024
5 signs that a man has become a victim of financial abuse by ...
Money is not the main thing in life and everyone knows it. Nevertheless, most would agree that having money gives us a sense of ...

26-11-2024
John Rockefeller and Laura Spelman: Billions, austerity and ...
John Rockefeller went down in history as the first dollar billionaire. At the time of the 2000s, he was the richest man in history. ...

24-11-2024
From watching TV to standing in queues: 10 real cases where ...
But who among us would not like to receive money "just because" not applying for this absolutely no effort? "Fantastic! — you ...

17-11-2024
How Americans experienced their most devastating crisis — ...
The United States entered the Great Depression, one of the most devastating economic crises in history, in the late 1920s, and ...

09-11-2024
Never talk to unknown: we have to speak on the phone with ...
Phone fraud today is not uncommon. Cheating our brother often and variously on the gullibility, fear of technology, lack of ...

22-10-2024
Why you should not go to the store on an empty stomach: ...
Financial literacy is no less important than usual, because it gives us the opportunity to manage money rationally and not feel ...

14-10-2024
How our ancestors kept money and jewelry without banks and safes
Now we can keep our savings in a bank or, if we don't trust financial institutions, put them in a safe and keep them at home. And ...

04-10-2024
Decree after decree: how would you get rid of your property ...
Step by step, decree by decree — at first you have a measured life, an apartment, savings and other property, and after a few ...

30-09-2024
Ivan Rykov's Skopinsky Bank: the first pyramid in Russia, ...
Everyone knows how financial pyramids work these days. But few people know that this is not such a modern way of cheating. At the ...

23-09-2024
7 tips from the chef, who'll teach you to throw away food
Despite the fact that the world is full of starving people, every year the inhabitants of our planet emit not less than 1.3 billion ...

18-09-2024
“I Found My Holy Grail”: 14 Thrift Store Finds So Good, ...
Thrift shopping is like a modern-day treasure hunt, with some differences corresponding to the time. For instance, instead of ...

08-09-2024
"Will not change?", or Dollar bills that you didn't know
The USD is the most popular and widespread currency in the world. Something where the dollars go along with the national currency, ...

06-09-2024
20 Ingenious Life Savers That Help You Breeze Through Your Day
Life's a wild ride, and sometimes it feels like we're constantly battling a series of minor inconveniences. From spilled coffee ...

03-09-2024
Investing money in Lego sets is more profitable than in bonds ...
Discontinued Lego constructors are a more profitable investment than stocks of large companies, bonds and even precious metals. ...