At the height of the Gold Rush in California, there were a great number of people who were hoping to strike it rich that blanketed the mountainsides.  They spent many long hours and days hunched over a little metal pan, sifting through the muddy waters and dry ground for even the tiniest sliver of a [...]

The concept of supply and demand is actually very easy to comprehend as a child.  You are playing outside when you hear the familiar jingle of the ice cream truck.  The thought of missing out on that cold, delicious treat is too much to imagine.  You race inside to either embezzle from your piggy bank [...]