Sentences with phrase «american economic history»

No reading of American history, or American economic history, would miss the importance of tariffs in establishing the growth of manufacturing.

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John Komlos, professor emeritus of economic history at the University of Munich, says that the stagnation of growth in the USA compared to Northern European populations could be due to different national healthcare systems: for example, the Dutch have access to socialized medicine that Americans do not.

Chapin has won numerous awards to support her work, including the John E. Rovensky Fellowship in American Business and Economic History and a Miller Center for Public Affairs Fellowship.

Writing in the June 2005 issue of The American Spectator, the former senior economist of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, Stephen Moore, wrote: «Michael Milken and Drexel easily created more wealth for American shareholders single - handedly than all the trustbusters in American history combined.»

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Policy leaders did not appreciate the connection between these long - standing concepts in American history and the rising problem of economic inequality.

In May, the recovery from the Great Recession is poised to become the second - longest economic expansion in American history.

But can we ever convince the key moderates that «economic individualism» was more of a bogeyman than a reality of American history?

This approach, with its qualified openness to economic modernity, has a long and distinguished history in the American church.

With a number of fellow pastors who became lifelong friends, Rauschenbusch studied, read, talked, debated and plumbed the new social theories of the day, especially those of the non-Marxist socialists whom John C. Cort has recently traced in Christian Socialism (Orbis, 1988) The pastors wove these theories together with biblical themes to form» «Christian Sociology,» a hermeneutic of social history that allowed them to see the power of God's kingdom being actualized through the democratization of the economic system (see James T. Johnson, editor, The Bible in American Law, Politics and Rhetoric [Scholars Press, 1985]-RRB- They pledged themselves to new efforts to make the spirit of Christianity the core of social renewal at a time when agricultural - village life was breaking down and urban - cosmopolitan patterns were not yet fully formed.

As much as American religion is «American,» it is also local, shaped by the particular history of immigration and economic forces of each place, as well as the particular landscape that often fires religious imaginations.

Its pop psychology and self - help babble with a veneer of truth so that they may live rich and lavish lives in the face of one of the worst economic downtowns in American history in almost 100 years!!!

The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.

Wrote Cornyn: «President Obama's decision yesterday to join with Republicans in opposing the largest tax increase in American history was made not because he had a sudden change in political or economic philosophy.»

As Swarthmore College psychologist Barry Schwartz wrote in a 2000 article in American Psychologist, «I think it is only a slight exaggeration to say that for the first time in human history, in the contemporary United States large numbers of people can live exactly the kind of lives they want, unconstrained by material, economic, or cultural limitations.»

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

For NEW 2016 GCSE History Edexcel American West unit This lesson covers the following: Migration and early settlement The factors encouraging migration, including economic conditions, the Oregon Trail from 1836, the concept of Manifest Destiny US government policy: support for US westward expansion Looking at the reasons why the early Pioneers go West.

But, Juneteenth exists not only as a result of the perseverance, incomparable spirit and mettle of black folks in America; it is also a testament to the moral fortitude and political courage of white allies who fought alongside African - Americans to end one of the darkest political and economic arrangements in the history of man.

The following from American economist Deidre McCloskey's book The Economic History of Britain since 1700 is worth noting.

Moynihan was convinced that what he was witnessing was fundamentally a phenomenon of the black community, and so could be explained by the tragic history of African Americans, which rendered black families uniquely vulnerable to the kind of social and economic pressures many faced in poor urban environments.

Grades 6 - 8 Lesson: Capturing History Through teacher - guided discussions and hands - on activities, students will understand the political and economic reasons for the African - American migration to Northern cities between the World Wars.

Although the documents are organized chronologically as the years just before or during the Civil War, the archive contains rich material for teachers and researchers interested in exploring other important themes in American History, such as slavery, immigration, ethnic groups, women's lives, reform movements, economic development, and political culture.

Beyond the socio - economic benefits, Black teachers held the promise of political power, and they would partner with clergymen, businessmen and parents in the community to raise up a generation of African - American youth who knew their history and affirmed a collective narrative about our Blackness: We are intellectual.

Black History Month provides a wonderful opportunity for educators to teach their students about the pivotal role black Americans have played in U.S. history, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies tHistory Month provides a wonderful opportunity for educators to teach their students about the pivotal role black Americans have played in U.S. history, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies thistory, and to help students recognize the importance of social, political, and economic equality as it applies to race.

In addition to his dissertation work on education and economic development policy, William's research interests include African American history, regulatory governance, and the history of capitalism.

While acknowledging that the promise of America has been more an aspiration than a realization for many Americans throughout our history, Weingarten said that «what's been enduring and unifying is a vision of America based on a foundation of democracy and economic opportunity.

In fact, more than at any point in American history, economic and social mobility depends upon having higher - order skills.

Covering a century of American history, including geographical expansion, economic trends, and social values could have proved too plodding for one read; however, Ms. Sandweiss pulls it off seamlessly.

Woody Holton teaches Early American history, especially the American Revolution, with a focus on economic history, African Americans, Native Americans, and women at the University of South Carolina.

In American Histories, a collection of 21 short stories, John Edgar Wideman draws America's present and its divisive racial history as the direct consequence of a political and economic system that depends on man's inhumanity to fellow human beings.

Through nearly two centuries of history, New York Life has adapted its products to serve the ever - changing needs of Americans — proving that the insurance provider can succeed in all economic conditions and provide for their customers, even in tough times.

Credit is playing an increasingly important economic role in Americans» lives these days, and according to a recent study, your credit history can be a major factor in what you pay for home insurance.

While more personal, these are no less political than previously; in his art, Dial's own story is always only part of a larger history, spanning the Jim Crow era in the South and the Civil Rights movement through such phenomena as the economic globalization and Great Recession of the 21st century, which have disproportionately affected African - Americans.

The Black Panther Party was one of the most creative and influential responses to racism and economic inequality in American history.

In the under - recognized field of Latin American geometric abstraction, it is important to note Sanín's contributions creating artwork reflective of the political, economic, and social realities in Latin American history.

Admired, reviled, emulated, misunderstood, the Black Panther Party was one of the most creative and influential responses to racism and economic inequality in American history.

Mining and splicing American histories, mythologies, children's stories, images from advertising, cartoons and his personal memories and collections, Shaw's seductive, darkly comic works invite us to reflect on social and economic power systems and subjugation.

With Course of Empire, Ed Ruscha's anxieties stretch from economic realities to a short history of American painting.

Latin Songbirds depicts «three left - leaning Latin American leaders who are trying to reverse a history of rule by wealthy oligarchies, reject the U.S.'s and IMF's neoliberal economic policies, take control of their own resources, and improve the lives of their citizens, especially in the areas of literacy, health care, and economic well - being,» states artist Christa Maiwald.

With some 100 works by forty artists, The Left Front examines the crucial moment in American history when artists took to their printing presses (and brushes and cameras) amid the economic and social devastation brought on by the Great Depression.

Scribe Video Center will explore the history and impact of the Great Migration (1916 — 30) on Philadelphia, when blacks fled the South for economic opportunities in the Northern states, giving rise to new African - American neighborhoods.

She links the history of contemporary art and its museums with the economic and nationalist mythologies of the American landscape, drawing upon a suite of lumber industry publicity photographs that a Walker - family company commissioned from Berenice Abbott in the 1940s.

She «is critical of African American cultural history and the representation of black bodies, and her portraits are satirical manifestations of identities shaped by political, social, economic, and cultural influences.»

For the first time in Gallup's 25 - year history of asking Americans about the trade - off between environmental protection and economic growth, a majority of Americans (51 %) say economic growth should be given the priority, even if the environment suffers.

Murphy has also published several scholarly articles and notes in peer - reviewed journals, including The Journal of Private Enterprise, The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, The Independent Review, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, and The Review of Austrian Economics.

The American people, several friends have hastened to tell me, have no recent history with, and no stomach for, economic protest movements.

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For example, if you accept the post-New Deal consensus view of the «Lochner era» in American constitutional history, you think that overenforcement is likely to happen when courts review laws dealing with economic regulation and social policy.

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One big question is will interest rates stay low long enough and economic conditions continue to improve to allow more people to enter the housing market or will there be one more reason to push the largest generation in history away from the American Dream.