Economy refers to the management, distribution, usage, and affairs of resources related to a particular group of people, or entities. Questions about economies, or economic history will cover the how and why a particular resource, or state of production occurred in a certain way.
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Parable of the broken window and 1929 crisis
I've read that, in 1938, economic crisis was taking back, and that it's the war effort that finally closed the 1929 crisis.
Is it not a version of the parable of the broken window ? How a war effort ...
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What is the secret behind the economic success of ROC(Taiwan)?
Even though the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan) is not a member of the United Nations, it has been economically successful. What is the secret behind the economic success of it then?
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When Did Commerical Studio Photography Become Common?
I was looking at this Wikipedia article, History of photography, and I wondered when commercial photography studios became common place and affordable for the average person.
According to the ...
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Inflation After Executive Order 6102 (FDR Leaving GoldStandard)
I'm looking at this image which implies that the US leaving the Gold Standard started revival after the Great Depression. I'm thinking that it could all be explained with rapid inflation due to the ...
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What factors enabled the New York Journal to survive the yellow journalism wars?
The height of yellow journalism was a battle waged between the Joseph Pulitzer owned New York World, and the William Hearst owned New York Journal. However, even though these two papers boasted large ...
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Increment of workers in agriculture during periods of economical crisis
Was there an increment of the percent of people working in the agricultural sector during the economical crises of the last couple of centuries?
What are the factors influencing the ratio of farmers?
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What is a common reason that Empires fall or collapse and can they be corrected? [duplicate]
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Are there any similarities in what happens when Empires collapse?
The question I have is 2 fold what causes most Empires or Nations to fall other than over powered by a ...
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Credible historic description of how the daily life was for the middle-class during the financial crisis of 1929 [closed]
I am trying to find out how life could change for the middle-class today if we had a high-impact financial crisis. Please help-me / let me know if this question could be rephrased better.
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What was Lenin's “New Economic Policy” and what complications did it have?
I have recently read an article on Lenin's New Economic Policy, and I was wondering if there were two sides to the story. What were some of the complications of this policy? In addition to this, was ...
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Reception of Acemoglu-Robinson 'extractive institutions' thesis?
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson believe that a great deal about the economic, social, and political life of a country can be explained by the quality of political institutions, especially the degree ...
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What is so special about the location of Mexico City?
Since 1325, the area we know today as Mexico City has held some sort of cultural or historical bond. The bond is so strong that, no matter what, no matter how bad a shape the country gets, they ...
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Was the N.E.P. of Russia successful in terms of economics?
The Soviet's New Economic Plan was indeed a successful plan in establishing a comparatively strong postwar economy for the Soviet Union, but there were many imperfections: food prices fluctuated ...
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Has a country ever used an insurance company as a shield when the economy goes down? [closed]
Has a country ever used an insurance company as a shield when the economy goes down?
I know that insurance companies have tons of money beforehand.
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Have there been historical precedents for Ecuador's defaulting on Odious Debt?
Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador in 2008 defaulted on Odious debt in 2008. Have there been precedents for this before - specifically for the global south; and within the Global North? Has the USA ...
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Which are the most economic and military based civilizations [closed]
I've been working on an MMOSG game and wanted your opinions about which were the most economic and militarily powerful civilizations in history.
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The importance to ignore Howie Huber's speech over the internet [closed]
It have been known that public have develop despise to Howie Huber for his received bonus.
So, public have shown almost no interest to his received wisdom.
When i type in the "Howie huber love to ...
