In the current economic landscape, the similarities between today’s market conditions and those of 1982 are striking, ...

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In this conversation with Trevor Jackson, a professor of history and political economy here at UC Berkeley, he describes the ...

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Yet globally, markets and economies generally remain stable. In earlier times, political turmoil often reflected economic ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1980, newly elected President Ronald Reagan faced a serious problem. Busy solving Reagan's inflation was the chair of the Federal Reserve, a tall, ...

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