This is a story of the Great Possibility, what America COULD be, and what it has lost by not working past its prejudices and fears. ... Marx, of course, was the great nemesis of capitalism, because he believed that capitalism inevitably would result in the loss of freedom for the majority. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Similarly, the nineteenth century proved to be an era of increased international commerce, triggered by the industrial revolution but, in the 1930s, this economic expansion was reversed as political turmoil created the Great Depression. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

During the Great Depression the trust in the economies ability to reliably deliver material goods without government intervention. ... "Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play." ...

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As well as financially suffering, the workers health and over all well-being was being compromised a great deal. ... When farmers could not profit from their crops one season it would hurt them a great deal financially for the following season. ... In 1893 the United States was hit with a depression that escalated the amount of unemployed workers that had nowhere to go and the need for the charitable efforts from the settlement house were shooting through the roof. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This business cycle explains how business fluctuates from high to low prosperity, recession, depression and recovery over time. ... Regardless of how great the economy may become, businesses still must compete with other firms for scarce raw materials and labor. ...

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• Grade Level: High School