All businesses go through great times, where they are probably making more money than they know what to do with. ... The business cycle, according to Paul Gregory's definition in our Essentials of Economics textbook, is the pattern of upward and downward movement in the general level of real business activity. ... The average of the cycles in America, as quoted in our textbook, since 1924 has been 5 years, with the recession phases lasting one year, and the recovery phase lasting four years. ... Former president Bill Clinton is a good example, of how economics was related to a presidenti...

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The 1930's started out with millions left jobless and homeless. ... When FDR was elected in 1932 he began his presidency with the promis of setting up the "New Deal" which called for broad public work programs that thoughruly revived the heartbeat of the economy. ... Silent movies were very popular at this time, along with radios. Document 1 shows a chart of households with radios, in 1920 20,000 people owned one, by 1930 13,750,000 households had a radio. ... Brought the idea of "laisses-faire" economics to U.S., which is "hands off businesses" or no government help. ...

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First object of discussion was the continuing war with terrorism. ... Congress is committed to working with the president to eliminate terrorist threats against America."" ... We think it's upside down economics: it does too little to stimulate the economy now and does too much to weaken our economic future. ... Charles Bass, R-New Hampshire said: "By working together, we will not only win the war on terrorism and put people back to work, we will also pass legislation to strengthen Medicare by providing senior citizens with a prescription drug benefits -. ... Anthony Fauci also talking ...

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Individuals discussed within the book provided leadership and were associated with the state of Ohio throughout their lives. ... Vallandigham's anti-abolition and anti- New England views received the applause of three elements of Ohio's diverse population: Irish-Americans and German-Americans who feared emancipation would release a flood of cheap and competitive labor upon their communities and southern "uplanders" that brought their anti-Negro prejudices with them.# As a supporter of state's rights and slavery, he helped form the Peace Democrats. ... He wanted the Union of...

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In conjunction with NATO and the United Nations, most of American foreign policy is now focused on peacekeeping. ... Has the United States become so large and so powerful that we forget that the rest of the world has to live with us and not around us? ... Exactly a month after September 11th Kenneth Zapp, Economics professor from Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis wrote, "Unfortunately, Americans are famous for assuming that others see the world as we do." ... For many years the U.S. has protected and supported Israel with large amounts of money and weapons. ... Because our governmen...

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He received a partial scholarship to Eureka College in Peoria, Illinois, where he majored in economics. ... He helped to defeat a plan to lay off teachers and cancel classes with a speech in which he learned it was very important to know just how the audience felt. ... The marriage he began with such hope in 1940 ended in divorce in 1948. ... Reagan charged that President Carter failed to deal with inflation and unemployment. ... At the end of the debate with President Carter days before the election, he asked h...

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