Spring 2016

Download Featured Article: Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism

By Jeff Gramm

Also in this Issue:

  • First Entrepreneur: George Washington, by Edward G. Lengel
  • Doing Well by Doing Good: Catastrophe Bonds, by Gregory DL Morris
  • Municipal Insolvency in the 1930s, by Frederick J. Sheehan Jr.
  • America's First Black Friday: The Gold Panic of 1869, by Donald P. Morgan and James Narron
  • A Self-Made Man on Wall Street: Elias Cornelius Benedict, by Whitney McKendree Moore
  • Wall Street Women Celebrate Milestone: 60 Years of the FWA, by Kimberly Weinrick and Ria Davis

Winter 2025

Financial History, Issue 152

In this issue:

  • “Rediscovering an American Treasure: The True Value of Hetty Green’s Legacy,” by Bethany Bengtson and Mark J. Higgins
  • “Dance of the Millions: The Great Sugar Bull Market of 1915–1920 and the Subsequent Catastrophic Collapse,” by Daniel C. Munson
  • “70 Years of Organized Labor Unions: The Emergence of the AFL-CIO,” by Michael A. Martorelli

and more...