In the 1840s Reuter had determined the value of advance information. From carrier pigeons to stationed coastal observers, horse riders, signals, and the telegraph. The progress of wars and lost ship cargoes were important and valuable information. The Rothschilds of London, in particular; added to their fortunes immeasurably from advance […]

Inequality: The rich just keep getting richer, and meanwhile the slice of the pie owned by the poor just keeps getting smaller. If you add together all of the money owned by the poorest 3.8 billion people living on this planet, it would roughly equal the wealth controlled by the […]

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