Markets often display some of mankind’s most irrational behaviors. While most of us on this list are well aware of the Dot-com bubble and the even more devastating Great Financial Crisis —both of which had their fair share of irrational market behavior — economic...
In the immediate years after the end of World War II, America reached unprecedented economic heights. With veterans from World War II largely re-integrating themselves into the economy and general society at large, questions about how they would be accommodated began...
If there is one thing that living in the real world teaches us, it’s that conventional wisdom can often be wrong. This holds true when dealing with history. Your history textbooks will generally tell you that America’s 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt saved...
To all my readers, I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Christmas is a time where we should pause and reflect on what we have and what we’ve accomplished so far. It’s also when we can meet up with family and catch up with old friends and acquaintances and share the...
History has shown that success comes to the most unlikely of countries. In the 1950s, South Korea was in a squalid state. Having faced a brutal Japanese occupation (1910-1945) and getting involved in an arduous war with its northern neighbor North Korea (1950-1953),...
For many Americans, the past year has felt like an economic earthquake. From lockdowns that have caused millions of Americans to become unemployed and countless small-to medium-sized businesses being forced to shut their doors, the economic livelihoods of millions...
