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Overview of Economics: Getting Organized: Command, Market, and Mixed Economies
Getting Organized: Command, Market, and Mixed EconomiesOverview of EconomicsIntroductionWhat Is Economics and Who Cares?Will That Be Large or Small?A Firm BaseGetting Organized: Command, Market, and…Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder I
Landholder IOliver Ellsworth5 November 1787To the Holders and Tillers of Land. The writer of the following passed the first part of his life in mercantile employments, and by Industry and…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, December 12, 1805
Day 1066 Day 1068 Clark, December 12, 1805 Thursday 12th December 1805 All hands that are well employ'd in Cutting logs and raising our winter Cabins, detached two men to Split boards-…credit card
(Encyclopedia) credit card, device used to obtain consumer credit at the time of purchasing an article or service. Credit cards may be issued by a business, such as a department store or an oil…depression, in economics
(Encyclopedia) depression, in economics, period of economic crisis in commerce, finance, and industry, characterized by falling prices, restriction of credit, low output and investment, numerous…Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield
(Encyclopedia) Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of BeaconsfieldDisraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfielddĭzrāˈlē [key], 1804–81, British statesman and author. He is regarded as the founder of the…Union Pacific Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act…Catholic Emancipation
(Encyclopedia) Catholic Emancipation, term applied to the process by which Roman Catholics in the British Isles were relieved in the late 18th and early 19th cent. of civil disabilities. They had…recycling
(Encyclopedia) recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment.…Berkman & Goldman: Epigraph and Foreword
A TributeImpressions of the TrialEpigraph and Foreword Tell all friends that we will not waver, that we will not compromise, and that if the worst comes, we shall go to prison in the…Trending
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