Economic history of the United States | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 2018-12-09

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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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