Economics Post-War through the Internet. 1940s Post-war boom Labor issues.
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Economics
Post-War through the Internet
1940s
Post-war boom
Labor issues
1950s
Affluent Society
Harsh Poverty
1950s
Interstate Highways
1950s
Military-Industrial Complex
Discussion
Talk to person next to youOn a scale of one to ten, decide
and discuss if the 1950’s deserve to be called “Happy Days” (with ten being the most happy).
1960s
Military-Industrial Complex
Continued Growth (Vietnam)
Great Society reforms
1970s
The gold standard
Oil Embargo
1970s
Stagflation
Jimmy Carter – October 24, 1978
“Reducing the deficit will require difficult and unpleasant decisions. We must face a time of national austerity. Hard choices are necessary if we want to avoid consequences that are even worse.”
1980s
ReaganomicsTrickle Down
EconomicsTax CutsSpending CutsDeregulation
1980s
Wall Street culture
Black Monday (October 19, 1987)
Deficit Spending
Savings and Loan Crisis
1990s
Recession
NAFTA
1990s
Economic Boom Dot Com Bubble
The Twenty-First Century
Economic Slowdown
Increased Deficits 2008-2009 – The
worst recession since the Thirties
Closure Discussion
What do you think about the recent efforts by the Obama Administration to deal with the current economic recession?
Bibliography Slide 2 Graphic: http://www.holtlaborlibrary.org/images/this%20is%20aimed-b.gif Slide 3 Photos: http://www.soaringeagle.org/images/cabin_1950.jpg and
http://blogs.ipswitch.com/archives/1950s.jpg Slide 4 Photos: http://mdo20.0catch.com/route/mo/imo55.JPG Slide 5 Photo: http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=84516&rendTypeId=4 Slide 5 Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd8wwMFmCeE Slide 7 Photo: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjohnsonLBook6.jpg Slide 8 Photo: http://www.thefranchisemagazine.net/images/articles/1-1470.gif Slide 10 Picture: http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1979/1101791022_400.jpg Slide 11 Speech: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_inflation.html Slide 12 Picture: Slide 13 Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaKkuJVy2YA Slide 13 Image: http://www.impawards.com/1987/posters/wall_street.jpg Slide 14 Graph:
http://www.businessweek.com/investing/insights/blog/images/Black_Monday_Dow_Jones.png Slide 15 Graph: http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/National-Debt-GDP-L.gif Slide 16 Graph:
http://bp0.blogger.com/_otfwl2zc6Qc/RzGk5q6PFMI/AAAAAAAACto/EiFkuI8vhJo/s1600-h/banksfail.bmp
Slide 18 Picture: http://www.canadaka.net/files/nafta_324.jpg Slide 19 Picture: http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/images/Social%20bubble.png
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