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Economic history of the United States | Wikipedia audio article

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Economic history of the United States


00:00:31 1 Colonial economy to 1780s
00:01:30 1.1 Demographics
00:03:32 1.2 The economy
00:07:14 1.2.1 New England
00:09:52 1.3 Urban centers
00:13:14 1.4 Political environment
00:13:23 1.4.1 Mercantilism: old and new
00:15:04 1.4.2 Free enterprise
00:16:20 1.4.3 Taxation
00:17:42 1.5 The American Revolution
00:23:41 2 The New Nation
00:26:03 2.1 Industry and commerce
00:26:12 2.1.1 Transportation
00:26:51 2.1.2 Automatic flour mill
00:27:23 2.1.3 Cotton gin
00:27:57 2.1.4 Mechanized textile manufacturing
00:29:35 2.2 Finance, money and banking
00:30:07 3 The early 19th century
00:31:00 3.1 Political developments
00:35:18 3.2 Agriculture, commerce and industry
00:35:28 3.2.1 Population growth
00:37:18 3.2.2 Labor shortage
00:38:09 3.2.3 Agriculture
00:40:15 3.2.4 Roads
00:41:56 3.2.5 Canals
00:43:48 3.2.6 Steam power
00:45:18 3.2.7 Mechanical power transmission
00:45:55 3.2.8 Shipbuilding
00:46:22 3.2.9 Steamboats and steam ships
00:48:17 3.2.10 Railroads
00:49:59 3.2.11 Manufacturing
00:53:16 3.2.11.1 Development of interchangeable parts
00:57:10 3.3 Finance, money and banking
01:01:04 3.3.1 Economics of the War of 1812
01:04:50 4 The mid 19th century
01:06:46 4.1 Commerce, industry and agriculture
01:07:04 4.1.1 Railroads
01:09:16 4.1.2 Iron industry
01:10:55 4.1.3 Coal displaces wood
01:12:23 4.1.4 Manufacturing
01:14:32 4.1.5 Steam power
01:15:39 4.1.6 Steamboats and ships
01:17:02 4.1.7 Telegraph
01:17:51 4.1.8 Urbanization
01:18:40 4.1.9 Agriculture
01:21:07 4.1.9.1 Slave labor
01:21:59 4.2 Finance, money and banking
01:23:22 4.2.1 Panic of 1857
01:25:44 4.3 Immigration surge
01:26:05 4.4 Collapse of the South
01:27:28 4.5 Political developments
01:28:30 4.5.1 Treasury
01:31:30 4.5.2 Land grants
01:34:44 4.5.3 Banking
01:35:18 4.5.4 Education
01:35:53 4.5.5 Civil War
01:37:30 5 Late 19th century
01:37:40 5.1 Commerce, industry and agriculture
01:40:04 5.1.1 Railroads
01:41:46 5.1.2 Steel
01:42:47 5.1.3 Electric lights and electric street railways
01:44:59 5.1.4 Communications
01:45:54 5.1.5 Modern business management
01:46:49 5.1.6 Agriculture
01:50:15 5.1.7 Oil, minerals and mining
01:50:24 5.1.7.1 Oil
01:54:27 5.1.7.2 Coal
01:54:40 5.1.7.3 Iron ore
01:55:05 5.1.8 Finance, money and banking
01:56:45 5.1.9 Water supply and sewers
01:57:13 5.1.10 Labor unions
01:57:50 5.1.11 Political developments
01:58:13 6 Early 20th century
01:58:23 6.1 Economic growth and the 1910 break
01:59:42 6.2 Industry, commerce and agriculture
02:00:19 6.2.1 Electrification
02:02:39 6.2.2 Manufacturing
02:05:14 6.2.3 Electric street railways
02:05:47 6.2.4 Electrochemicals
02:06:46 6.2.5 Railroads
02:07:50 6.2.6 Automobiles and trucks
02:08:46 6.2.7 Highway system
02:09:42 6.2.8 Water supply and sewers
02:10:41 6.2.9 Agriculture
02:11:46 6.2.10 Communications
02:11:54 6.2.10.1 Telephone
02:12:34 6.2.10.2 Radio
02:13:18 6.2.11 Finance, money and banking
02:15:30 6.3 Political developments
02:18:57 6.3.1 World War I
02:19:18 6.3.2 Roaring twenties: 1920–1929
02:20:39 6.4 Quality of life
02:21:58 7 From 1929 through World War II
02:22:09 7.1 Pre-war industry, commerce, and agriculture
02:22:43 7.1.1 Manufacturing
02:23:13 7.2 Great Depression: 1929–1941
02:24:27 7.2.1 Spending
02:24:30 7.2.2 Banking crisis
02:26:18 7.2.3 Unemployment
02:28:31 7.2.4 Relief
02:30:40 7.2.5 New Deal impact
02:33:46 7.3 Wartime output and controls: 1940–1945
02:34:01 7.4 Household gas, water, electricity, sanitation, heating, refrigeration
02:34:59 8 Postwar prosperity: 1945–1973
02:37:10 8.1 Agriculture
02:37:39 8.1.1 Farm machinery, fertilizer and high yield seed varieties
02:39:53 8.1.2 Government policies
02:40:02 8.2 Aircraft and air transportation industries
02:41:01 8.3 Housing
02:42:09 8.4 Interstate highway system
02:44:00 8.5 Computer Technology
02:46:04 8.6 Fiscal Policy
02:46:19 8.7 Military and space spending
02:47:04 9 Late 20th century
02:47:40 9.1 Post industrial (service) economy
02:49:18 9.2 Service sector expansion
02:49:27 9.3 Productivity slowdown
02:50:06 9.4 Inflation woes: 1970s
02:50:22 9.5 Deregulation and Reaganomics: 1976–1992
02:50:52 9.6 The rise of globalization: 1990s – late 2000
02:53:34 10 The 21st century
02:59:59 10.1 Great Recession
03:00:47 11 Historical statistics
03:01:26 11.1 GDP
03:04:51 11.1.1 1790–2006 GDP
03:05:01 11.2 Employment
03:05:10 11.3 Manufacturing
03:05:20 11.4 Wealth and Income
03:05:29 11.5 Productivity
03:05:37 11.6 Inequality
03:05:46 11.7 Health spending
03:06:10 11.8 Tariff Rates
03:06:18 11.9 Trade Balance
03:06:27 11.10 Inflation
03:06:35 11.11 US Federal Tax
03:06:44 11.12 Government spending
03:06:52 11.13 Debt
03:07:01 11.14 Deficit
03:07:10 12 See also
03:07:18 13 Footnotes
03:07:26 14 Bibliography
03:07:57 14.1 References
03:08:06 14.2 Special studies



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The economic history of the United States is about characteristics of and important developments in the U.S. economy from colonial times to the present. The emphasis is on economic performance and how it was affected by new technologies, especially those that improved productivity, which is the main cause of economic growth. Also covered are the change of size in economic sectors and the effects of legislation and government policy. Specialized business history is covered in American business history.