John Bemelmans Marciano

“What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? sounds like a trick question for third-graders, for which the…

— John Bemelmans Marciano

“The tombstone of coinage, arguably the most important measure in history, could read: Born Lydia, Anatolia, 7th century B.C. Died Washington, D.C.,…

— John Bemelmans Marciano

“Jefferson offered a simpler plan: Adopt the Spanish dollar. But with a twist. Rather than splitting it into eighths and sixteenths or…

— John Bemelmans Marciano

“containerization has had a greater impact on global trade than all GATT talks combined.”

— John Bemelmans Marciano

“It is deeply ironic that while America was hemming and hawing over whether to go metric on account of its shrinking place…

— John Bemelmans Marciano