Roosevelt expanded government to help the nation climb out of the Great Depression. But he also recognized that too much ...

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During the months between his election and his inauguration as America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln avoided saying ...

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How Beer Helped Battle the Great Depression, author, economist and Central Michigan University faculty member Jason Taylor ...

There have been five disputed elections in U.S. history. Only one prompted an armed insurrection – and soon, the man behind ...

Since George Washington, presidents have trusted Wall Street and Main Street leaders to put the nation’s books in order, ...

When Central Michigan University economics professor Jason Taylor finished his first general interest book, he gave a copy to ...