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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Gold Confiscation Act of 1933
On March 9, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) called Congress in for an emergency session, which would result in the speedy passing of the Gold Confiscation Act. According to FDR's Executive Order ...
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Based on historical experience what would happen if/when the USA/EU fell?
In this video the guy talking mentions that when empires fall. Governance tends to become more local and smallscale(warlords, feudal lords etc) because threats tend to become smallscale and local. And ...
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How would you accurately use older British currencies?
For writing a story set in Napoleonic Wars era, how should one use the currencies accurately? I read in novels they use currencies like shilling, pound, guinea, sovereign, four (or six-, etc) pence, ...
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What was more expensive to lose in a gladiatorial fight: a gladiator or a rare animal?
We know that, aside from man-to-man combat, gladiatorial fights would often pit human gladiators against wild animals.
Is there any documented historical evidence that would show what was a bigger ...
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Examples of censorship causing economic decline
I am writing a blog post about knowledge banning, either by state censorship or by self-imposed censorship, like the US Comics Code Authority of the 20th century.
My focus is moral censorship, ...
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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 ...
