Economic History
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AIDS in South Africa was this apocalyptic event that most people don't care about that could have been avoided if politicians and orgs were less careless. https://t.co/WFkhJfFJji
The country has death squads that killed more than the Pinochet regime, everyone outside of Maduro org hates him, economy and a state collapsed, there are massive refuge waves, but...
Reminder that Argentina was once as rich as the US and Buenos Aires was "the Paris of South America". So what happened? Here's how it looked β and what it teaches us... (thread)...
In the 1980s, Japan was on its way to beat the US and become a superpower Major Japanese companies like Toyota and Sony swallowed the global markets But then came a period of cri...
10 Great Economic History Books (2) 1) Streets of Gold - Abramitzky + Boustan An incredibly impressive piece of economic history, breaking down many myths about the highly contenti...
The Great Depression: Part 1 Despite a weakening economy & aggressive Fed tightening, the stock market has remained resilient. While perplexing many, the 1920s stock market boom...
10 Great Economic History Books 1) The Economic Consequences of the US Mobilisation for the Second World War - Alexander J Field A fantastic recent work reassessing the long run gr...
An Examination of Economic History from 1907 to NOW: Essential Lessons for the Uninitiated | Part 1 This exhaustive examination of pivotal economic events spanning over a century...
1982 - Worst recession in 40 years, debt crisis 1983 - Market hits record - "Market too high" 1984 - Record U.S. Federal deficits 1985 - Economic growth slows 1986 - Dow nears 2000...
This βIndia needs Free Trade and lower tariffsβ is one of the most egregiously misinformed screeds that ignorant western commentators subject us to with nauseating regularity. Her...
β’ 1st wave was when US started printing dollars recklessly to finance the war in Vietnam, violating the standards set in the Bretton-Woods conference. European nations started with...
Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938. King Abdul Aziz was desperate for money because the cost of govt salaries, an army, payments to tribal leaders to maintain loyalty, effo...
1/4 It's astonishing how little these people know about American economic history. While economic freedom has certainly been one of the great strengths of the American economy, the...
Grimmest theory about why Europe unexpectedly became the economic power of the early modern world: high death rates pushed up wages. The Black Death drove Europeans to cities that...
Wait, there's a whole Coatue deck floating around? https://t.co/8NaU1Wdp1o
The Great Inflation of 1965 - 1982 Excess fiscal spending, oil shocks and failed monetary policy. A perfect storm of misfortunes and poor decisions led the US into 17 years of un...
HISTORY OF THE PETRODOLLAR (*simplified*): π’1944: Post WWII Bretton Woods Agreement ties foreign currencies to U.S. dollar; USD is the only currency tied to gold π’1963 JFK assass...
The whole women working debate wouldnβt have existed in a different economic arrangement, now both sides just hide their preferences behind Islam. Itβs just emotivism at this poin...
List of high value topics for UPSC Prelims 2021 General Studies paper 1 specific. The 20% topics that have 80% impact. = Thread =
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COMMODITIES DURING -SPANISH FLU/WW1 -GREAT DEPRESSION -WW2 -70s OIL CRISIS -GFC πππ https://t.co/xRRee1UQ3n
According to Crisanti, the director of the virology lab of U Padua, as little as 10% of #COVID2019 carriers show any symptoms at all. He sampled repeatedly the entire 3k+ populatio...
