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doc. Ing. Tomáš Dudáš, PhD.
Contact information
doc. Ing. Tomáš Dudáš, PhD.
Email: [email protected]
Office hours - (D4.16)Wednesday 10.00-12.00 Thursday 14.00-16.00
Course requirements
Active attendance (max. 3 absentia)
Written essay on an agreed topic (5-10 pages)
Course outline Introduction
Course requirements Economic development in the colonial era
The birth of the modern American economy in the 19th century – I Birth of a nation Labor force and migration Development of the modern infrastructure Slavery and civil war
The birth of the modern American economy in the 19th century II Industrial revolution Birth of the modern corporations USA – centre of innovations
Course outline The Roaring twenties, the great depression and the New Deal
Birth of the modern consumer society Possible causes of the great depression FDR and the New Deal
The golden age of the US economy – 50s and 60s Baby boom and post war prosperity Changing society and economy Rise of the car culture
Stagflation, Reaganomics and Clintonomics Nixon and the end of the Bretton wood financial system Volcker and the inflation Reagan and the taxes Clinton and the dot-com bubble
Course outline The current global economic crisis and its implications for the
American economy Subprime mortgages and financial innovation The great debate – stimulus or austerity The FED – printing new money?
The role of innovations in the US economy
Great American innovators Is USA losing its innovative edge?
Rise and fall of the US automotive industry – a case study
Course outlineWelfare state in the USA
Basic models of welfare state Welfare in the USA – a historic review Health care in the USA
Future of the American economy USA in 2050 Energy future of the USA End of the American dominance?
Conclusion and closing remarks
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Start of the colonization of North America
MotivesReligious motives (Puritans)Economic motives (profit)Getting rid of criminalsForced migration (slaves)
Due to less developed technologies it was a very dangerous processLost colonies - "Lost Colony of Roanoke” in North
Carolina (1587-90)
Nations colonizing North AmericaSpain –New Mexico and California
Netherlands – New Holland
France – Nouvelle-France
Russia – Alaska
Great Britain– New England, Virginia, Carolina etc.
Economic aspect of the life in the colonies
First period – fight for survival
AgricultureNorth – smaller family based farmsSouth – big plantations which used slave labor
IndustryTraditional crafts needed in the coloniesShipbuilding
Population in the ColoniesBiggest cities
Philadelphia – 40 000 (1775)New York – 25 000 (1775)Boston – 16 000 (1775)Charleston – 12 000 (1775)
Total population in 1790 – 3 929 000European ancestry – 3 172 000Other – 757 000