Essays and Research Papers on Economic History

6 pages. Shock therapy in different countries can lead to different economic outcomes as evidenced by Poland and Russia. Economic shock therapy begins with the sudden lifting of price controls. This causes an uncontrollable spiral of rising prices, rising wages, and the dropping of the currency. Shock therapy led to the establishment ...

This 10 page paper contends that while many believe that Americans are not saving enough, there are valid reasons for it. Generation X and boomers are compared, and the current way of spending money and using credit is considered. The 2000's are compared to the 1950's. Bibliography lists 8 sources

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the issues related to the labor developments in the past 30 years, and relates the issues of past labor movements to the future of labor developments in the emerging global economy. This paper considers current issues and the way in which these will shape the labor ...

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the Federal Reserve System inclusive of historical information. Events which led up to its inception in 1913 are explained. Keynesianism is touched on and the FRB's actions are discussed philosophically. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

5 pages in length. This paper considers the neoclassical economists as opposed to the Keynesians, along with some historical examples on both schools of thought. Bibliography lists sources.

This 5 page paper considers the age old saying that the pen is mightier than the sword. The paper looks at the historical evidence and the effect of violence verses peace as a method to bring about change. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This five-page-paper presents a discussion about the public policy compromises. Bibliography lists four sources.

The Great Depression, following the crash of the stock market in 1929, marked a significant shift in international economics and politics and reshaped the view of the United States. This paper provides an overview of the cause and impact of the Great Depression. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 12 page paper considers the influence of the impact of the Second World War on the development of the mass society. This paper asserts that for countries like England, France and Germany, the events that occurred following the end of World War II determined the shift in recent years towards a mass culture. ...

This 5 page paper considers the views of the United States between 1929 and 1939 and the transformation of significant economic and social issues during this era. In particular, this paper outlines the views presented in Frederick Allen's book Since Yesterday, and assesses the implications for understanding the overall impact of the business creed ...

7 pages in length. This research paper delves into the conflict of Adam Smith's Theory of Value. When Adam Smith set forth his own Theory of Value it was vastly different from the idealistic view of his forebears. The term "value", in Smith's theory, corresponds largely to what is usually termed "use-value" - the value-in-use of some ...

Employment, unemployment, job training, consumption goods, retail sales and the gross domestic product are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper that offers a look at the economy in 1967. Topics include average wages and number of hours worked, prices for some food items, car prices, and mortgage interest rates. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This 3 page paper explores the life and theories of John Maynard Keynes as portrayed in Heilbroner's book, The Worldly Philosophers. No additional sources are listed.

This 6 page report discusses the ways that three of the world’s great philosophers have defined the meaning of both economic growth and well-being. Both Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas were deeply interested in human nature. Aristotle, of course, developed his thinking from the philosophical viewpoint and the means by which human nature is responsible for an individual’s actions, beliefs, ...

This 5 page paper explores the fifteenth through eighteenth Chinese economic system known as trade tribute. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

(7 pp) courses. Examination of two business journals, Fortune and Business Week concerning 'income equality.' Both articles after 9/1/2000.

9 pages in length. Includes graphs and charts. Explains the current and future outlook for California with a tutorial-based explanation of economics terms and examples. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing how the inability of consumers to either save or spend during the Great Depression affected the economy. There was less money available for lending, thereby preventing local economic growth. There must be balance between consumer saving and spending, for too much spending without enough saving can be inflationary. The same holds true ...

A 3 page paper discussing how the advent of the Industrial Revolution affected local economic relationships that previously had been in effect, and how ultimately those changes gave rise to changes in the stock market structure. Lack of governance allowed entanglements that would be illegal today, allowing the crash of the market in 1929 to cripple the economy ...

A 4 page paper examining the US economy of the 1920s and that of the 1930s. There was a wealth of difference between the two. The federal government undertook all sorts of inflationary and risky ventures in an effort to create jobs and get money from wages back into circulation. None of its efforts seemed to ...

5 pages in length. This paper focusses on the time during the late 1930's and the war, there was a marked continuation of the conflicts over many issues. Some of these issues were the growth of the economy and government institutions, the efforts of the groups on the margins to gain equal status in society, as well as ...

(7 pp). Bootlegged booze, flappers, installment buying, the Model A, get- rich-quick schemes and 'The Great Gatsby' - for some, the 1920s was a great party. But the decade was also a time of swift economic change, technological innovation, and a rapid rise in standards of living. Bibliography lists 7 sources. ...

(5 pp). The M-1 Abrahms tank was the Army's answer to new field weaponry. It was first shown in action in 1978, and was believed to be the means to meet current and predicted land threats. Yet the story that resulted from that first unit to the last unit, has all ...

( 5 pp) One of America's foremost intellectual historians, David A. Hollinger addresses contemporary racism issues from a historical perspective, by saying that "conventional toleration of established groups has become counter-productive. Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism (1995), argues that multiculturalism is only serving to further fragment society. This discussion will address possible solutions to ...