Kenneth G. Pringle

America’s founding document started a financial revolution that reverberated around the world.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. Today, the Bank of North America kicked off initial public offerings for the republic.

Military tactics and equipment have evolved throughout U.S. history. The aircraft carrier, for example, supplanted the battleship. Today, drones are changing the paradigm again.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. Today, the car maker’s decision to pay $5 a day—about $165 in 2026—helped create the America we know now. The world hailed what became known as “Fordism.”

The departure of the United Arab Emirates from OPEC underscores the declining power of the cartel.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. Today, the giant industrial companies of the past were eventually broken up. Tech is the next target.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. Today, the trials and tribulations of retail investors.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. In this one: Resistance has ranged from the Whiskey Rebellion to Thoreau’s protest in 1846 to Grover Norquist’s antitax pledge in the 1990s.

Prediction markets are drawing similar criticism to the bucket shops of old.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. Today, critics have long accused investment bankers of profiteering at the expense of ordinary people.

The combination of sluggish growth and high inflation can wreak havoc on both consumers and stock markets.

The world still runs on oil, and Iran has the third-largest reserves in the world.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. Today, an insider-trading scheme that caused the Panic of 1792 gave birth to an agreement setting forth the first rules for trading stocks.

From Andrew Jackson to Donald Trump, presidents love to hate the central bank.

Since the country’s early days, venture capitalists have funded key technologies.

Oil companies might want to look at past U.S. exploits before they rush back in.

This year, Barron’s has published a series of articles linking the birth and growth of America with the rise of financial markets. Now, we’re reprising them as the Fourth of July approaches. Today, events beginning in 1776, including the writings of Adam Smith, ignited the changes that would produce the modern U.S. economy.

The index has survived everything from the Great Depression to the dot-com bubble to the Covid-19 pandemic as it nears a historic achievement.

We’ve been warned. Hopefully, this time it will be enough to avoid another “drastic public liquidation.”