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93American 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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83Middle Class Death - A Local Perspective of Cape Coral, Florida
Cape Coral, Florida a haven for family fun in the sun or a burned out cesspool of transplanted Midwesterner ignorance, religious fanaticism and cultural depravity. Sold by greedy real estate agents as the next big piece of Americana pie...now a short sale and foreclosure epicenter of ubiquitous trailer fiefdom.
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83Combating Deflation - Option I The Keynesian Prescription
August 30, 2010 In a previous Hub, Deflation - What is It and Why are We Worried About It?, I described what inflation was and why it was a problem. In this Hub I will describe the first of the two main economic theories for combating deflation. ...
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83The Story of a One-Room Schoolhouse
This is a story about my Dad's attendance in a one-room schoolhouse and some facts about these near nonexistant schools. It won a HubNugget award on HubPages.
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82The Great Depression and Today's Economy
A solemn crowd gathers outside the NYSE right after the crash in 1929. Many people are afraid that our present economic state can pull us into another depression. Some experts say that it is not possible. Certainly, the economy today is not anywhere...
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82FROM HOOVERVILLE TO OBAMAVILLE: A New Breed Of Homeless Emerges From The Embers of The Great Recession
Economic catastophe has hit the United States before. The Great Depression caused devastation and country wide homelessness from 1929 to the early 40's. Colonies of homeless built shanty homes to dwell in, these shanty's were called Hoovervilles for the Herbert Hoover, the president in office. Today, our Great Recession, caused by the housing bubble burst in 2008, has seen thousands homeless turn to living in tent colonies. Those colonies are called "Obamaville."
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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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80The Great Depression - Paper for Grade School Children
Research paper/report on the Great Depression. Covers the Great Depression as a whole summarizing major and minor events.
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78The Final Fall of the Once Great American People.
Children working in mines before child labor laws were enacted. And some called these laws "The beginning of Socilaism"! These machines took many lives, not only in at-work injuries, but also in lung diseases as the lint collected in tiny lungs. In...
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79Are Your Teeth Down to Your Last Gold Tooth?
In previous hubs, I've talked about doing "whatever it takes" to survive financial hard times. Today, I'm worried about those who are down to their last gold tooth, and what it means when they become...
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