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Museum’s Benin Bronzes Are Reclaimed by Wealthy Collector
The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...
See historic bronzes displayed in MFA’s prized — and now doomed — Benin Kingdom Gallery
The wealthy donor who pledged them to the museum asked they be returned to him amid talks to transfer ownership to their ...
Wealthy banking scion who rescinded gift of MFA’s African bronzes is a collector — and maker — of art
Robert Owen Lehman, whose forebear co-founded finance giant Lehman Bros., collected music manuscripts, directed movies, and ...
El País in English16d
The event that heralded a globalized world in the 19th century (and is still going strong)
Despite the disappearance of their original, practical purpose — which was on display in London in the 19th century, at the Great Exhibition of the Products of the Industry of All Nations — these ...
The Forward16d
What was the Jewish record on slavery? It’s (very) complicated.
Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...
The Economist17d
The six best films about financial turmoil
Another film about the crisis of 2007-09, this time about the headliners. After the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Hank Paulson, America’s treasury secretary (William Hurt), Ben Bernanke ...
Indiatimes19d
Major trade wars since the 19th century
In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a military ...
Dawn19d
Major trade wars since 19th century
PARIS: As the world reels from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the ...
Radio France Internationale19d
Major trade wars since the 19th century
In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...
MSNBC19d
A (nearly) complete list of Trump’s actions in his 11th week in office
The announcement roiled the stock market, which saw massive drops that rivaled the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. But it wasn’t the only thing he did.
City Journal20d
Tariffs Didn’t Drive America’s Nineteenth-Century Growth. They Won’t Today, Either
In this telling, high tariffs fueled America’s nineteenth-century industrial rise. Tariff-supporters like Oren Cass have argued that the United States “transformed from colonial backwater to continent ...
Mises Institute20d
Nineteenth Century Wisdom in the 21st Century: Bastiat on Tariffs and USAID
This semester—through the generosity of the Dean and Cam Williams Foundation to the Ludwig von Mises Institute for its book club program—the University of Mount Olive has been hosting a Book Club ...