Balancing Act: Globalization's Impact on National Economic Control
It is much harder for any national government to control and affect the behavior of their national economy given the trend toward globalization. Their fate is interrelated with people all over the world. Many Americans fear that globalization is dam...
American Heritage: Americans Linked by Ideals, Not Ancestry
Ideals rather than common ancestry serve as the basis of the common identity Americans share. Many of these ideals--belief in the autonomy of the individual, limited government that depends on the consent of the governed, and the capacity to share i...
Balancing Act: Revival of Belief in the Free Market
One of the most important changes in business and political world in the last few decades has been the growing sense that the market is best system for equitably distributing the benefits of society. Several industries like trucking, financial servi...
Federal Workplace, The: Bureaucracy in Historical Framework, The
The federal bureaucracy is not defined in the Constitution; it is a creature of laws. What was originally a small, elite corps of socially prominent men in 1789 became, with the inauguration of Andrew Jackson, a group of ordinary citizens who served...
World of Uncertainty: Changing Look of U.S. Society, The
The U.S. population is becoming larger, older, and more diverse at end of 20th century. Minority groups are forming their own collectives in order to define themselves economically, socially and politically. Feminist groups, the American Association...
Chaos of Experimentation, A: Critics of Roosevelt and the New Deal
Some of the most strident attacks on the New Deal come from critics on the right who believe Roosevelt is threatening capitalism and waging war against the wealthy. The wealthy hate Roosevelt with a passion, while critics on left blame FDR for being...
Chaos of Experimentation, A: Industrial Recovery
In the face of this economic crisis business leaders push for relaxation of antitrust regulations. The National Industrial Recovery Act provides the relief they want, but demands certain concessions in return--the restriction of production and estab...
Chaos of Experimentation, A: Growth of Federal Relief
The Roosevelt administration does not consider relief a priority at first but comes to realize something must be done to help impoverished people survive. They create a range of relief mechanisms from providing money to relief agencies to creating j...
Chaos of Experimentation, A: Labor's Organizing Battles
Labor leaders, most notably John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, propose to organize all workers, skilled and unskilled, in a single union to maximize bargaining power. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) staunchly opposes this idea, resulti...
Chaos of Experimentation, A: Launching the New Deal
Roosevelt submits an extraordinary number of bills to Congress in the first 100 days of his administration, diverse experiments designed to combat the Depression. FDR's optimism is contagious; he never doubts something will work. He conveys this bel...