Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Business and Industrial Growth, Part 2: Riding the Cycles

Business and Industrial Growth, Part 2: Riding the Cycles

Can history help predict how long America’s current wave of affluence will last? This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings tracks the ups and downs of the U.S. economy, spanning the New Deal and World War II, the G.I. Bill and post-war prosperity, the rise and fall of Motor City, the rampant consumerism and runaway inflation of the ’70s, the mixed results of Reaganomics, and Wall Street’s merger mania. The size and influence of the federal government from FDR’s presidency to the early years of the Clinton administration is assessed as well. (40 minutes)

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Item#: BVL10295
Copyright date: ©1999

Part of the Series : Paths to Power: An Educator's Guide to The Century


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