The Bull and the Bear, respectively, are long-standing symbols of optimism and pessimism about the outlook for the stock market. How did this come about?

What do the Italian Renaissance and the Great Depression have in common?

An extensive 2009 exhibit, “Women Making Financial History,” chronicles the history of the relationship of women to finance.

Pneumatic tubes—a system in which cylinder-shaped containers (that could contain messages, money, small objects, and even food) are propelled through a network of tubes via compressed air or partial vacuum—are a relatively old technology.

One might dispute the biblical assertion that “the poor always ye have with you” (John 12:8, King James Version), but it is indisputable that we will always have the top 1 percent of the income distribution among us.

Arthur Burns, Federal Reserve chairman between 1970 and 1978, made the October 21, 1976, issue of Rolling Stone magazine, but not the cover—sorry, Dr. Hook!

These days, one way that leaders of the major economies can help prevent and resolve financial crises is by informally crafting solutions with their international counterparts.

A paper by Delia Cabe, “Buying into the Future,” which appeared in the fall 2001 Radcliffe Quarterly, tells in an arresting way the story of how Americans became such big spenders.

Everything seems to be anthropomorphized at one time or another—especially in advertising, where one needs to get a point across simply and memorably.