In the 1800’s, almost every nation used silver for coins, and as a monetary system.  The U.S. stopped buying silver, known as the ‘crime of 93,’ because it thought it had enough, (it didn’t), causing the mines to shut down, and creating a silver shortage for several years.  The 1849 gold discovery in California, plus […]

Why write about someone who died two years before I was born?  You’ll see, but since he was called the “King of Broadway,” having produced over 70 shows, a bit of theatrical history, might interest you.  Having been in the theatre business for eleven years, with six theatres, and having done a bit of acting […]

What’s obvious to those of you who read this, is you possess a basic knowledge of economics.  Your economics knowledge, makes you know, that with a surplus of dollars, it is not smart to save in them.  95% of the world’s population, saves their surplus dollars, pesos, rubles, pounds, or what have you, in all […]

Let’s define it first.  “Money (mun’e). 1. A standard piece of gold, silver, copper, nickel etc. stamped by government authority and used as a medium of exchange and measure of value; coin or coins. 2. Any paper note issued by a government or authorized bank and used in the same way. 3. Any substance or […]