19th century police

The Birth of the “Policed Society”

Over the course of the nineteenth century policing became increasingly professionalized.
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Adultery and Secret Lives Way Before Ashley Madison

Long before Ashley Madison, married people found ways to cheat.
Engraving of Bristol, England from 1881

Six Hundred Years of Government Intervention in the Labor Markets

A Harvard law professor argues that the laissez-faire era in the 19th century represented a blip in a long history of powerful labor regulations.