Econ Addicts

  • Charles Alston: A Charleston Rice Planter in Colonial South Carolina

    Charles Alston was an 18th-century Charleston rice planter who belonged to the small but powerful class of landowners that shaped South Carolina’s colonial economy and society. Though not as widely documented as major political figures of the era, Alston’s life reflects the plantation system that helped make Charleston one of the wealthiest cities in British…

  • Munehisa Honma and Candlestick Charting

    Munehisa Honma was a Japanese rice trader who lived during the 18th century. He is often considered one of the founding fathers of the Japanese candlestick charting method, which is widely used in technical analysis of financial markets today. Honma developed and refined his trading strategies over many years of trading rice in the Dojima…