Top 10 Unknown Facts About Money
May 20, 2009
During the American Revolution, inflation was so out of control that the price of corn rose 10,000%, the price of wheat 14,000%, flour costs rose 15,000%, and the price of beef went up 33,000%.
A dime has 118 grooves on its circumference. A quarter has one more.
Over $1 million worth of money belonging to Adolf Hitler [...]
The High Cost of a Low Income
April 3, 2009
The American Dream is arguably an amorphous concept, but it is certainly rooted in the basic promise of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and has been a driving force in the evolution of the American way of life. It is embodied in the mythology of Horatio Alger, whose “rags to riches” stories have [...]