finances

What British colonies were actually profitable in the postwar world? Obviously profits are not all direct — plenty of benefit to the metropole can be had via trade, resource extraction…etc. even if the state itself is making little revenue. But had the UK tried to decolonize “strategically” to...

One of the causes of the American Revolution was the massive taxation on import goods, such as tea, molasses, sugar and even paper items, that coupled with Britain interfering in their American colonies more and halting American expansion further west. However, where did these taxes come from...

The 1980s saw the big boom of financialization, which was a massive part in the shift in manfacturing in America, the rise of corporate raiders and the various decisions that led to the decline of various major chains along with aligning with the trends of Wall Street and so on. What would've...

Lets call it a BBB WW1 because why not? Based on the flurry of recent threads involving a change in US support for the Entente/Aliies. So here is the question: WW1 hurt Britain financially. That much is clear. So, ignoring the occasionally rabid debate over how bad the situation in 1916/1917...

So just another WW1 topic. If WW1 ends in 1917 because the german spring offensive works and the German Empire prposed acceptable terms fora peace treaty (i know both a close to ASB). There is a return to the 1914 western european borders, Belgium stays independed and the are no reparation...