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  2. Economic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1860s were a period of growing protectionism in the United States, while the European free trade phase lasted from 1860 to 1892. The tariff average rate on imports of manufactured goods in 1875 was from 40% to 50% in the United States, against 9% to 12% in continental Europe at the height of free trade. [44]

  3. List of economic expansions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As the United States demobilized from World War II, the decline in government spending caused a brief recession in 1945 and suppressed GDP growth for several years thereafter. However, private economic activity expanded at a brisk pace throughout this period. The expansion lasted just over three years, followed by another brief recession in ...

  4. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 180 years, the United States grew to become a huge, integrated, and industrialized economy, which made up about a fifth of the world economy. In that process, the U.S. GDP per capita rose past that of many other countries, supplanting the British Empire at the top.

  5. List of countries by largest historical GDP - Wikipedia

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    This list of countries by largest GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies as measured by their gross domestic product has changed. . While the United States has consistently had the world's largest economy for some time, in the last fifty years the world has seen both rises and falls in relative terms of the economies of other count

  6. List of recessions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1826, England forbade the United States to trade with English colonies, and in 1827, the United States adopted a counter-prohibition. Trade declined, just as credit became tight for manufacturers in New England. [9] 1833–1834 recession 1833–1834 ~1 year ~4 years The United States' economy declined moderately in 1833–34.

  7. The US economy is pulling off something historic - AOL

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    The US economy is on the verge of an extremely rare achievement. Economic growth in the first half of the year was solid, with the economy expanding a robust 2.8% annualized rate in the second ...

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  9. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A major recent exemplar is Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz, The Race between Education and Technology (2009), on the social and economic history of 20th-century American schooling. See also [ edit ]