Preamble Holy Dread By Lewis H. Lapham The history of the United States is synonymous with the dream of riches, but the question as to whether money is mortal or immortal has never been resolved. More
Essay Prometheus Unbound By Jack Weatherford From the invention of coinage to the present day, each technological innovation in currency has further expanded money’s role in our lives. More
Voices In Time 1889 | Pittsburgh The Gospel According to Andrew Carnegie “The man who dies...rich dies disgraced.”More
Voices In Time 1905 | London Major Barbara Meets Her Maker George Bernard Shaw eradicates poverty.More
Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York. —Ambrose Bierce, 1911