A century ago, Ireland was among the poorest countries in the world, with over 90% of its economy dependent on agriculture. After gaining independence in the 1920s, it traded mostly with the UK, ...

For example, from 1915 to the early 1930s, gold was priced around $20 per ounce. Then in the mid-1930s, gold was priced at $35, which was effectively its reference price for three more decades.

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PREMIUM The world economy appears impressively and increasingly shock-absorbent. The world economy appears impressively and ...

In their classic book “This Time Is Different: Eight Hundred Years of Financial Folly,” Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart found that over the centuries, a high public debt level has been among the ...

The generational low for the S&P 500 was March 9, 2009, and we're living in the subsequent bull market since. The biggest ...

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Gold is one of the world’s most closely watched—and emotionally charged—c. It reflects economic conditions but it also ...

Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives ...

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The museum said Saturday that information about Trump’s impeachment trials will be returned to the exhibit soon. For many ...