How Interest-Rate Hikes Actually Work
And why this time really could be different than in 2006, the last time the Fed raised interest rates
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Robert Galbraith / Reuters Education Isn't the Problem—Inequality Is
The American school system today is an offshoot of an increasingly class-driven society.
USAG- Humphreys/Flickr The Bloody History of Money, From Ancient Rome to ISIS
Finance was linked to violence thousands of years before the Islamic State proposed its own currency.
AP/The Atlantic How the Dollar Went From a Simple Banknote to the World's Currency
For starters, it never hurts to be backed by nearly all the world's gold.
Federal Reserve Is Switzerland About to Revert Back to a Gold Standard?
That may seem nutty, but it's a real possibility that voters will decide on later this month.
Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Why Does Spain Have the World's Highest Concentration of Elevators?
Compared with other Europeans, Spaniards are way more likely to live in apartment buildings, thanks in part to the autocratic regime of Francisco Franco.
Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters What the Family Dollar Merger Says About American Capitalism
The store's deal with Dollar Tree is a boon to executives, but it will probably hurt employees.
Jim Young/Reuters The Spectacular Decline of Checks
Checks once accounted for 86 percent of all non-cash payments, but in recent years they've fallen out of favor.
AP Coffee Is Too Expensive for Starbucks Right Now
Prices are up roughly 90 percent for Arabica beans, thanks to a drought in the world's biggest supplier, Brazil.
Reuters Is the Job Market Finally Perking Up?
The warm spring weather seems to be breathing a little life back into the economy.
