Essays on American Economy

The impact of innovation jobs and high tech industries on the american economy presented in enrico morettis the new geography of jobs Just fifty years ago, manufacturing was the driving force behind the American economy. The automobile industry was thriving, and so were cities like …

Economic Inequality in America The Occupy movement gained fame in September 2011 with a slogan that brought together a wide range of people, “We are the 99 percent. ” The goal of the group is to get rid of economic inequality throughout the world. The …

Growth has slowed considerably in early 2001 in response to the hard downturn in the US economy. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2001 is forecast to slow to 2%, from 6.9% in 2000. A rebound of growth in 2002 will depend on an …

China’s economy will become the biggest in the world sometime very soon. According to the World Bank, the size of China’s economy is $10. 1 trillion, compared with $14. 6 trillion for the U. S. , based on purchasing power parity (which adjusts exchange rates …

Throughout the late 1920’s many American patrons of the arts had attempted to bring the famous Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera, to the United States for commissioned works. It wasn’t until September of 1930 that Rivera finally arrived in San Francisco to paint. His wife, the …

In a broad sense, the macroeconomic policies developed and implemented by the Federal Reserve (the Fed) are those which regulate the national supply of money. Either through foreign exchange operations, or management of public funds, the Fed seeks to maintain the level of money supply …

The growth of industry in the last half of the 19th century laid the foundation for American economy of the 20th century [1]. The expansion was driven by large-scale industrial development and railroads that led to an urbanized industry primarily in the Northeast, and promoted …