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93President Franklin Roosevelt: The Great Depression, The New Deal, and The War
Franklin Roosevelt, one of the greatest Presidents in American History. Franklin Roosevelt Presidency. Franklin Roosevelt's leadership through the Great Depression, The New Deal, and World War II.
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94American History and Poverty: Fighting The Great Depression
The years from 1929 through 1941 were difficult to survive for many people in America - and the world at large. Read about some of the ways that people fought for survival in those days.
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87Are We Able To Grow The American Economy While Also Balancing The Budget?
I have been in a quandary the past few weeks while I developed and then wrote my Hub, "My Budget Alternative To Rep. Paul Ryan's Path To Survival Of The Fittest". That article was written because of my urgent feeling that our federal budget deficit...
42 comments83Why Free Trade Is Far More Preferable Than Protectionism
The financial meltdown of 2008 and the resulting deep recession have brought enormous pressure upon the governments of the many nations of the world including the United States. The world economy has been remarkably slow in recovering from this...
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82Recessions, the Great Depression, and Now (Why We Should All Be Optomistic)
At the height of the Great Depression unemployment was at a rate of 25% accross the country. Wages for those with jobs were cut by 43%. This situation lasted for 10 years. FDR tried to improve the situation by creating government based jobs and...
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83Krugman on Friedman - A Critique
With the passing of the late John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006) the job of popularizer of the economics of government economic control of the economy has been taken up by Paul Krugman. Like Galbraith, before...
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80Liberty Lost in America
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights,...
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81Sequoia National Park ~ Hospital Rock ~ Southwest Native American Indians
Come along and see this scenic area where American Indians years ago spent time grinding their acorns, drawing images (petroglyphs) on large rocks and where bears would have been catching fish in nearby rushing waters. Now a great picnic area within Sequoia National Park, visitors and wildlife share these magnificent environs. Enjoy the photos and videos!
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81US History: World War II & Aftermath (1935 - 1949)
A political joke and many joining it in 1935 through 1949 seemed to split the two major American polital parties further and futher apart. In the events leading up to the war, The New Deal stimulated the nation's economy and created jobs. It also simulated political discent. However, one man was elected to 4 terms as US President for the only time in history, leading the nation throughout most of WWII. It would be up to others to rebuild the world from the nightmare of war.
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80Economics For Yesterday and Today: Keynes vs. Hayek
F.A. Hayek John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) was an economist from the U.K. whose work had a heavy impact during the era of The Great Depression. His economics dealt heavily with spending, i.e., government deficit spending. He viewed the economy as an...
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