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No Longer Leading. A Scorecard on U.S. Economic Performance and the Role of the Public Sector Compared with Japan, West Germany and Sweden.
Gorham, Lucy – 1987
A study was conducted to examine the following questions: (1) How does the United States compare with Japan, West Germany, and Sweden on the basis of indicators of quality of life?; (2) How does the United States compare on the basis of economic performance since l960?; and (3) What appears to be the relationship in the four countries between the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Climate, Economic Progress, Economics
Plain Talk About Profits. Fundamentals of Free Enterprise, No. 2. Revised.
American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Co., Indianapolis, IN. – 1982
Designed for high school economics students as a public service project of the American Fletcher National Bank, the booklet examines the fundamentals of the profit system in attempts to dispel common misconceptions held by students. A comparison is made between newspaper carriers and big business entrepreneurs by considering the risks made in…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Competition, Consumer Economics, Cost Effectiveness
The American Economy: A Fuse About to Blow? Fundamentals of Free Enterprise, No. 6.
American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Co., Indianapolis, IN. – 1980
Designed for high school economics students as a public service project of the American Fletcher National Bank, the booklet examines the heavy burdens placed on our political-economic system and compares our economy to an overloaded electrical system about to "blow a fuse." In the last two decades, America has become a self-indulgent…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Capitalism, Change Strategies, Economic Change