Economy

The story of the garbage man Michael Carroll won millions and remained in poverty

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 ...

Looks like an abandoned Japanese resort and Spa

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 ...

5 world-famous brands that collaborated with the Nazis

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 ...

Fordlandia: how automaker Henry Ford built a “city of happiness” in the jungle

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 ...

The story of Kurt Degerman - homeless millionaire

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 ...

Cases of catastrophic hyperinflation that will remain in history

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 ...

Why do coins have a ribbed edge

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. ...

Chaebol — how legalized nepotism performed an economic miracle in South Korea

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 ...

Cargo cult, or What are the "airplane worshippers" of Oceania waiting for

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 ...

Knives, salt and other unusual forms of ancient currency

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 ...

Rubber Fever, or the Story of a failed economic Miracle

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 ...

10 unusual ways to make money: these options will suit almost everyone

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 ...

5 signs that a man has become a victim of financial abuse by his wife

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 ...

John Rockefeller and Laura Spelman: Billions, austerity and 50 years of family idyll

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. ...

From watching TV to standing in queues: 10 real cases where people got paid for doing nothing

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 ...

How Americans experienced their most devastating crisis — the Great Depression

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 ...

Never talk to unknown: we have to speak on the phone with strangers

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 ...

Why you should not go to the store on an empty stomach: expert tips on humane economy

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 ...

How our ancestors kept money and jewelry without banks and safes

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 ...

Decree after decree: how would you get rid of your property in 1917-18

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 ...

Ivan Rykov's Skopinsky Bank: the first pyramid in Russia, which appeared 100 years before MMM

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 ...

7 tips from the chef, who'll teach you to throw away food

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 ...

“I Found My Holy Grail”: 14 Thrift Store Finds So Good, They Had To Be Bragged About

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 ...

"Will not change?", or Dollar bills that you didn't know

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, ...

20 Ingenious Life Savers That Help You Breeze Through Your Day

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 ...

Investing money in Lego sets is more profitable than in bonds and gold

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. ...