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World Bank: Doing Business: Argentina
This page provides a snapshot of Argentina's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business,...
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World Bank: Doing Business: Bangladesh
This page provides a snapshot of Bangladesh's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business,...
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World Bank: Doing Business: Chile
This page provides a snapshot of Chile's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...
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World Bank: Doing Business: Ecuador
This page provides a snapshot of Ecuador's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...
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World Bank: Doing Business: Bolivia
This page provides a snapshot of Bolivia's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...
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World Bank: Doing Business: Ecuador
This page provides a snapshot of Ecuador's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...
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Planet Ark: World Environmental News
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
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Modern World History: Atrocities in the Congo
The atrocities committed in Congo under King Leopold revolved around the resource of rubber. He demanded a rubber tax from each villager and began a brutal system of forced labor. Read this description of his brutal reign and how he...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Over Here
World War I was not fought by Americans just in Europe. Read about the many ways people at home helped the war effort. See how badly German-Americans were treated as anti-German passions were fueled.
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World Bank: Doing Business: Peru
This resource focuses on ten topics that aid understanding of the ease of doing business in Peru.
CNN
Cnn: Yeltsin, Economy, Both Trying to Recover
This CNN article, "Yeltsin, Economy, Both Trying to Recover," discusses the forced changes in Russia, tax troubles, corruption, inflation, and more.
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Amos Web: A Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy
Exploring the economy can be a fun adventure with the Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy. Use this site to find your answers to economic topics in a user-friendly format with comic strip guides.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Calculating the Numbers in Your Paycheck
Young scholars review a pay stub from a sample paycheck to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money they take home.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Outline of American History: Booming 1920s
This brief article addresses many of the issues facing the country after World War I. It provides an overview of the Republican policies which supported private business.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Andorra: Economy
Read how Andorra's tax-free economy gives it a special place in the European Union. A chart gives some quick facts about parts of the economy. From the CIA World Fact Book.
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Taxes
This CNN article, "Yeltsin, Economy, Both Trying to Recover," discusses the forced changes in Russia, tax troubles, corruption, inflation, and more.
US Department of the Treasury
Secretaries of the Treasury: William G. Mc Adoo
William McAdoo's tenure as Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson is overviewed on the official site of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Read about the accomplishments of the Treasury Department under McAdoo including the...
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Luxembourg
BBC News provides a broad review of the European country of Luxembourg, known for its banking and as a tax haven. Includes a brief history, current information, profile of leaders, timeline of key events, and description of local media....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Farm and City
This video from Wide Angle reports on the increasingly difficult conditions for farmers in China that have caused many rural Chinese to flee the countryside.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Life in a Medieval Town
Explains how medieval towns came to be established. Gives a colorful description of life in a medieval town, and the issues that townspeople had to deal with. One of the main problems was sanitation - i.e., sewage, clean water, refuse, etc.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Piecewise Linear Functions
Piecewise linear functions are presented with examples and definitions. See how piecewise functions are applied to real-world situations through an example with income taxes.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: What Happened to Railroads?
Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral part of people's lives. In this lesson, students assume the role of detectives investigating why the rail companies...
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Yeltsin
This CNN article, "Yeltsin, Economy, Both Trying to Recover," discusses the forced changes in Russia, tax troubles, corruption, inflation, and more.
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Yasin
This CNN article, "Yeltsin, Economy, Both Trying to Recover," discusses the forced changes in Russia, tax troubles, corruption, inflation, and more.