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    The American industry changed the economical customs for a long time to come. For starters‚ many developed new creative inventions. Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter in 1867. This caused a revolution in the printing industry‚ allowing the economy to flow. Many jobs were created by the Remington Company‚ a company that bought the design. Back then‚ the main acceptable job for women was to teach. This industry enabled women to perform clerical tasks more efficiently. This lead to more empowered

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    previous duties‚ and the economy was back on track. On the topic of women and family‚ marriages and birth rates were skyrocketing in the 1950s. However‚ this means that divorce was becoming more common as well. It was not a drastic jump‚ but more of a slow and steady increase‚ by about 10‚000 in the decade. Domestic life solidified during this decade‚ but unfortunately the marriage life wasn’t. As known in society‚ money has always been a common issue in marriages. The economy boomed during and post-WWII

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    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Importance of Accounting Accounting is important because it manages the checkbooks of company which are important to analyses and determine the success of the business by looking through the different account statements and translating the company documents. An accountant or accounting firm starts and maintains auditing of a company. Accounting is also important because it offers a great assistance in planning the future investments as well as being able

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    a devastated US economy‚ thus termed as “.the most severe and long-standing recession in world history” (Segal‚ 2024). There are even those that died from hunger or couldn’t make ends meet from the inability to secure a job as “In some cities unemployment reaches 75 percent”( Winkler‚ 2009). 100 percent the Great Depression became the worst global economic downturn that would last years for Americans and has still reigned supreme as one of the greatest catastrophes of the economy in the twenties

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    generation increased spending and enjoyed the prosperity of 1920’s by investing in stock markets and doubling their savings.Unfortunately‚the luxury and comfort did not last through the harsh impacts of depression‚which caused rapid changes‚including unemployment‚failure of businesses or banks and decline of international trade.As world’s largest economy slowly drifted into severe depression‚President Franklin D Roosevelt was the only one‚ audacious enough to lead America through the extreme poverty.In the

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    following groups: underweight (BMI less than 18.5)‚ normal weight (BMI 18.5 to less than 25)‚ overweight (BMI 25 to less than 30)‚ obese (BMI 30 and over) . Excess body weight is associated with a significant burden of chronic disease‚ with negative effects on overall life expectancy‚ disability-free life expectancy‚ quality of life‚ health care costs and productivity. The prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide has increased markedly over the past three decades. It is estimated that in 2008

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    The stock market crash of 1929 negatively affected millions of Americans by decreasing the economy‚ turning millions of money into nothing‚ hurting our agriculture‚ and doubling the unemployment rate. It was an austere time for Americans as they tried to find jobs to sustain their families‚ and it lasted for about a decade. The stock market crash became known to everyone as the Great Depression‚ which started in October of 1929. The stock market prices were gradually dropping‚ and economic uncertainty

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    studied. You will learn that fewness of firms in a market results in mutual interdependence. The fear of price wars is verified with the help of the kinked demand curve. Collusive forms and non-collusive forms of market are analyzed. The economic effect of the oligopoly form of market is presented. OLIGOPOLY CHARACTERISTICS The oligopoly form of market is characterized by - a few large dominant firms‚ with many small ones‚ - a product either standardized or differentiated‚ - power of dominant firms

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    the amount of lives lost with so little progress. Also the fact that the people that were being sent into war were average‚ everyday people because of the draft made the war that much more hated. The Vietnam War was also having a negative effect on the economy because funding the war caused much inflation and was just another reason that people were against it. During this time tensions between the Unites States and the Soviet Union were still high. They were both racing to see who could get to

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    Edison. Thomas Edison became Henry Ford’s role model. He taught him how to run a business and how to be successful as a businessman. Ford retained the information he was given and started working on a gasoline-powered horseless carriage quadricycle. Ford was able to reduce the quadricycle into a smaller car‚ which became the base for the famous Model

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