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How the Great Depression Became the Golden Age for Monopoly

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How the Great Depression Became the Golden Age for Monopoly

When times got tough during the Great Depression, people played board games—especially the game that’s all about making money.

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President Bill Clinton addressing a White House conference to discuss ideas about how best to reform Social Security to ensure its solvency well into the 21st century, 1998.

How Bill Clinton’s Welfare Reform Changed America

Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign placed welfare reform at its center, claiming that his proposal would “end welfare as we have come to know it.”

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1890s stockbroker

Decades Before They Had the Vote, Women Launched Their Own Stock Exchange

Critics tried to dissuade the public from investing money with the female stockbrokers.

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Ted Benna, head of the 401(k) Association, poses for a portrait in a San Francisco hotel, 2002.

Meet the Man Who Invented Modern Retirement

The father of the 401(k) is its biggest critic.

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