WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY:A POLITICAL HISTORY OF RICH AND POOR Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. ... The book is filled with intriguing chapters on history and a bold analysis of present-day America. Phillips does well clarifying the dangerous politics that go with the excessive concentration of wealth. ... He cites William Jennings Bryan's 1896 critique of supply-side economics: "There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on...

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Lastly, the availability to use technology with in a region. ... The stages of development deal with four main concepts. 1. traditional society is what you start off with. ... The indicators of development deals with improvement and security in the countries economy. ... There are international aid agencies, like the UN and the World Bank, that help out struggling third world countries. ... They want change in economics and culture, and other parts as well. ...

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The reason that I believe an increase in minimum wage would help, is because of the work incentives it provides. ... Working on a low minimum wage all the time to just barely get by seems worthless or pointless when you could get government aid to help you get by. ... As stated in one of the referenced resources this week, Kentucky is situated in a location that provides us opportunity for economic growth with its recourse of coal and wood. ... If so, what can we do as a state to create new jobs that help us stray away from our dependence on coal as the base of our states economy? ... These ...

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