How Did We Get Here: Recent Episodes
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In our final installment of this series, Johnston explains what the Boston Tea Party was all about.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston is partnering with WXXI on a bi-weekly series, "How Did We Get Here," exploring the ancient source of our modern day economy. Last time, Johnston explored the history of debt relief. Today he goes a step further, and examines how American bankruptcy law evolved.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston is partnering with WXXI on a bi-weekly series, "How Did We Get Here," exploring the ancient source of our modern day economy.
Last time, Johnston looked at the explosion of credit card debt. Today he explores the history of debt relief.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston explores how ballooning credit card fees have put so many people so deeply in debt.
In this installment, David Cay Johnston discusses human kind's relationship with money.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston explores the invention of coins as currency.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston explains the origins of accounting.