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Obama must choose an experienced economic advisor to help lead the U.S. out of financial crisis. The list of such candidates is short, but strong.

Timothy Geithner has been busy buying Treasuries these days, so to have the federal fund target rate almost at 0. So we know what he's doing now, but where has he been?

With the outbreak of the Civil War, counterfeiters took the opportunity to increase their activity and pass their versions of the new national currency to unsuspecting pe

Since the founding of the country, counterfeiters had been devaluing currency through the use of fake bills and coins and the Civil War provided such an opportunity.

Geithner condemned AIG for its payout of $165 million in retention bonuses after accepting $70 billion in aid. It was a stain on a long and amicable relationship.

The series of events in the 1790s, which pitted federalists against anti-federalists, sometimes called the Whiskey Rebellion, was the epilogue to the Revolution.

The Revolutionary War brought the desired freedom the young states wanted, but it also brought great debt. Alexander Hamilton's idea on how to pay the debt caused mayhem.

Andrew Jackson was a polarizing figure in the history of American politics. He was a strong and capable leader with a violent tempor and a very clear vision of America,