Today in Labor History February 8, 1886: Black Monday Riot in Trafalgar Square, London. Two rival organizations were demonstrating against unemployment and low wages, the London United Workmen’s Committee and the Social Democratic Federation. Despite their rivalry, both groups participated without any major fights. However, angry workers started spilling into the West End, smashing windows, looting and destroying property.
Today in Writing History January 29, 1845: The Evening Mirror, in New York, published “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe. It was Poe’s first publication and it made him an overnight sensation. Yet, he spent much of his life in poverty. He originally considered having an owl or parrot, rather than a raven, quote “Nevermore.”
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Why Nations Fail *answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?