The Rise and Fall of Capitalism in America
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The Rise and Fall of Capitalism in America
A Presentation to Northfield’s Annual Research ConferenceJune 25, 2011
byKevin Means
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Reenactment of the first landing.
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Definition of MERCANTILISM: an economic system developing during the decay of feudalism to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict governmental regulation of the entire national economy usually through policies designed to secure an accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trading monopolies
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Definition of CAPITALISM: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.
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Definition of SOCIALISM: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
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