The Economy Today

The Economy Today The United States has been the world's leading industrial nation since early in the 20th century. Until the second half of the 19th century, agriculture remained the dominant U.S. economic activity. After the Civil War ended in 1865, great advances were made in the production of basic industrial goods. By the time of World War I (1914-1918), exports of manufactured goods had become more important than the export of raw materials; as …

…be up to date. There are people that have not seen the technology. But when it's readily available, someone might have a totally different use for it, or could build from it. This could create new products, making now under developed countrie's competitors in the global market. Bibliography Kiplinger, Knight A.(1998). "World Boom Ahead." Kipplinger Personal Finance Magazine. November, 105-110 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/econ0003.htm http://www.dismal.com/economy/economy.stm