Invisible Fist : money

Book review: Behind every major historical phenomenon and every great civilisation lies a financial secret. Such is the starting point of Niall Ferguson's wonderfully accessible new book, a perfectly timed primer for the many seeking enlightenment on econ

A number of financial experts now fear that the federal government's $143 billion attempt to rescue troubled insurance giant American International Group may not work, and some argue that company shareholders and taxpayers would have been better served by

Of the 32 states that receive more than they contribute 84% are red states that have voted Republican in a previous presidential election.

News: When the international community decided to impose banking sanctions on terror groups, little did anyone know it would result in an unfortunate paradox - with the world's banks in crisis, experts say, al-Qaeda is the big winner

After a century of declines, the U.S. infant mortality rate barely budged from 2000 to 2005, causing the United States to slip further behind other developed countries despite spending more on health care, according to a report released Wednesday.

“The bailouts of Wall Street must stop. It will never be enough. When the Federal Government gets involved in picking winners and losers on Wall Street, we open up a financial whirlpool of insatiable greed."

Now that the streets of New York -- and America -- are no longer paved with gold, it's time to find the next land of opportunity.

The red line represents a graph of family income across the population. The height of the curve at any point is the height of a stack of $100 bills equalling that income.