Monthly Archives: September 2012

Is Elizabeth Warren an Indian?

The question posed above is extremely hard to answer. She doesn’t “look like an indian.” But what do Indians look like? Just to recap: Elizabeth Warren is running for the Senate in Massachusetts. She’s been widely mocked for claiming herself as “native American” at various points in her career. Warren grew up in what’s now […]

September 27, 2012 – 12:06 pm | By admin | Posted in History, research | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

“Just Made-up Money”

Part of the recently released video of Mitt Romney talking to wealthy potential donors includes Romney’s answer to a question on the Federal Reserve buying debt. Romney insists that the Federal Reserve is buying most of America’s debt, which isn’t true. But he also says this: So who’s giving us the trillion? And the answer […]

September 20, 2012 – 2:59 pm | By admin | Posted in History, Money | Comments (2)

The Pace of Change

The pace of change, declares Jim Roberts of the New York Times, gets faster and faster. I suspect most historians would find that statement s0mewhat irritating. In a basic sense, the pace of change can’t be getting faster, unless time itself is speeding up. People still grow old at the same rate; apples still take the […]

September 11, 2012 – 11:39 am | By admin | Posted in History | Comments (0)

A brief history of American money

The GOP has revived talk of a gold standard. The Wall Street Journal, which nodded approvingly when we went off the gold standard in 1972, now says “realization that America’s system of fiat money is part of its economic problem is moving from the fringes of political discussion to the center.”  There are so many […]

September 4, 2012 – 12:39 pm | By admin | Posted in History, Money | Comments (1)