Money shapes every aspect of modern life, but its journey from ancient commodities to digital currency spans thousands of years. The story of money reveals how human societies solved the fundamental ...

The history of women and money is one of unequal standards and more recent developments than you might expect. I had several conversations with some friends of mine – female financial leaders who ...

July 11, 2024 • Planet Money Summer School is back for eight weeks. Join as we travel back in time to find the origins of our economic way of life. Today we ask surprisingly hard question: What is ...

We trace the history of money, from physical barter to bitcoin, and discover that money isn’t just a lie we all agree to share, it’s been built on the back of technology and invention for millennia.

On Jan. 26, 2021, Janet Yellen assumed the role of Treasury Secretary of the United States, the first woman ever to hold the country's purse strings in her competent hands. As International Women's ...

Cryptocurrency is a revolution, but maybe it’s not the revolution you imagined. That’s because more than anything, crypto is a revolution in accounting. While most people might not think much about ...

Dating back to 1870, there have only been five meaningful declines in M2 money supply. Four of these previous drops were accompanied by deflationary depressions. Following the money has been a sore ...

A bout of historic volatility on Wall Street has investors searching for correlative events and data points that might signal which direction stocks will move next. Historical shifts in U.S. M2 money ...

In an exclusive radio interview with Q93.3FM on July 7, DJ Wild Wayne reminded Lil Wayne of the days when he would make a daily call to the landline at Cash Money Records' offices, hoping to catch the ...

Tiger Woods' grasp on the PGA Tour's all-time money list is nothing new, but a new graphic showing the history of said list is making the rounds. And it's staggering. Data Golf is behind the ...

As Dana discovered, a generous family gift can improve your finances, but it can also be used to control you, strain relationships and blur boundaries. Though there’s nothing wrong with accepting the ...