Finance | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/finance/RSS feed for FinanceenThu, 02 Jul 2026 21:28:51 +0000An A.I.-Generated Alexander Hamilton Chats About Economics at the Museum of American Finance, Opening This Weekend in Bostonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-ai-generated-alexander-hamilton-chats-about-economics-at-the-museum-of-american-finance-opening-this-weekend-in-boston-180989071/The museum, which started in New York and hasn't had a permanent exhibition space in several years, depicts the history and influence of U.S. financial institutionsThu, 02 Jul 2026 21:28:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-ai-generated-alexander-hamilton-chats-about-economics-at-the-museum-of-american-finance-opening-this-weekend-in-boston-180989071/Alexander Hamilton's First National Bank Revolutionized the U.S. Economy. After Sitting Shuttered for Years, the Philadelphia Landmark Reopened as a Museumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alexander-hamiltons-first-national-bank-revolutionized-the-us-economy-after-sitting-shuttered-for-years-the-philadelphia-landmark-reopened-as-a-museum-180989056/A controversial idea right after the American Revolution, the First Bank of the United States proved prescient. Visitors can now check out its historic home after a $43 million makeoverWed, 01 Jul 2026 21:30:37 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alexander-hamiltons-first-national-bank-revolutionized-the-us-economy-after-sitting-shuttered-for-years-the-philadelphia-landmark-reopened-as-a-museum-180989056/Archaeologists Unearth the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Basilica Beneath an Office Building in Londonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-the-ruins-of-a-2000-year-old-roman-basilica-beneath-an-office-building-in-london-180986070/The remarkably well-preserved basilica was part of a public meeting place where citizens and politicians could socialize, shop and hear speeches in the growing cityFri, 14 Feb 2025 20:54:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-the-ruins-of-a-2000-year-old-roman-basilica-beneath-an-office-building-in-london-180986070/Fire Devastates Copenhagen's Historic Stock Exchangehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-dragontail-spire-of-copenhagens-old-stock-exchange-collapses-in-a-blaze-180984177/Its signature 184-foot spire collapsed, but rescuers salvaged some of the valuable artworks insideWed, 17 Apr 2024 20:45:26 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-dragontail-spire-of-copenhagens-old-stock-exchange-collapses-in-a-blaze-180984177/The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older Than Previously Thought, Medieval Manuscript Revealshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/decimal-point-may-be-150-years-older-than-we-thought-180983863/A Venetian merchant used the mathematical symbol while calculating the positions of planets between 1441 and 1450Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:17:57 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/decimal-point-may-be-150-years-older-than-we-thought-180983863/How One Robber Baron's Gamble on Railroads Brought Down His Bank and Plunged the U.S. Into the First Great Depressionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/robber-baron-gamble-railroads-brought-down-bank-plunged-us-into-first-great-depression-panic-1873-180982877/In 1873, greed, speculation and overinvestment in railroads sparked a financial crisis that sank the U.S. into more than five years of miseryMon, 18 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/robber-baron-gamble-railroads-brought-down-bank-plunged-us-into-first-great-depression-panic-1873-180982877/The Art Market Is Rebounding—but Only at the Tophttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-market-recovering-report-180981954/Sales increased in 2022, but growth was concentrated largely at the high end of the marketMon, 10 Apr 2023 15:38:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-market-recovering-report-180981954/What Online Inflation Calculators Can—and Can't—Tell Us About the Pasthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-online-inflation-calculators-canand-canttell-us-about-the-value-of-a-dollar-180980546/Most of these tools are based on the Consumer Price Index, a measure of changing prices in the U.S. over timeMon, 15 Aug 2022 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-online-inflation-calculators-canand-canttell-us-about-the-value-of-a-dollar-180980546/Meet the 'Most Important' Jewish Woman in Medieval Englandhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-most-important-jewish-woman-in-medieval-england-180979486/A new statue honors Licoricia of Winchester, a 13th-century moneylender whose life illuminates the challenges faced by Jews at the timeTue, 01 Feb 2022 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-most-important-jewish-woman-in-medieval-england-180979486/D.C.'s Newseum Is Closing Its Doors at the End of the Yearhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dcs-newseum-closing-its-doors-end-year-180973274/The museum dedicated to the history of journalism and the First Amendment has struggled financially since opening 11 years agoThu, 03 Oct 2019 16:19:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dcs-newseum-closing-its-doors-end-year-180973274/