We think of welfare as social security for the economically vulnerable. Maybe it's time we rightfully enlarge what we mean by the term.

The history of the Stamp Act as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

A newly-analyzed papyrus fragment from Ancient Egypt revealed a truly whopping tax bill

Melissa A. Thomasson looked into how federal money created the U.S. health care landscape as we know it.

The debate about how much of the government's money should come from the rich is a conversation that goes back more than 100 years.

The House of Representatives recently agreed to extend some business tax breaks retroactively into 2014. But the Wall ...