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  • Cold WarOn the 5th of March 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that would define the opening chapter of…
  • CapitalismThe word capitalist appeared in the Hollantse Mercurius newspaper during 1653 and 1654 to describe owners of capital. This Dutch publication used the term…
  • Adam SmithAdam Smith was born in the port town of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. His father died two months before his birth, leaving his mother Margaret Douglas a widow.
  • Anti-communismIn 1918, the Russian White movement began fighting against the Bolshevik government that had seized power during the October Revolution of 1917.
  • Capital (economics)A factory floor hums with the sound of machinery. This equipment represents capital goods, defined as durable produced assets used to create other goods or…
  • Revolutions of 1989On the 14th of August 1980, a massive general strike erupted at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Workers demanded better conditions and the right to…
  • Market economyThe image of Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, from 1968 captures a moment where supply and demand operate without central direction.
  • History of capitalismThe year 1348 brought the Black Death to England, killing roughly one-third of the population and shattering the economic foundations of feudalism.