Introduction The United States and Canada share the largest geopolitical border in the world. This allows for very high levels of interaction between the two countries and for businesses in each country to transport goods and services quite easily and affordably over this border. Several free trade agreements have been...

The Great Recession which occurred in 2007-2009 period had a great impact on the financial markets of various countries across the world. This period was characterized by loss of wealth which affected consumer spending hence resulted in a decline in business investments. As businesses cut down production as a result...

Should the role of unions in the US be increased?Trade unions in the US are employee representatives during negotiations arising from disputes. The main purpose of trade unions in the US is to act as a voice of the employees of an organization so that they can get a fair...

The national debt affects the entirety of the United States. With a seemingly insurmountable debt, the question of what to do looms large. Clearly, the United States needs to take steps toward paying off the deficit. How to go about doing that is less clear. Approaches vary to the point...

After the Civil War, agriculture began to rise as the primary occupation of the day as farmers switched to machine farming from hand labor. More crops could be harvested in less time. The number of farms in the U.S. tripled from 2 million to 6 million between 1860 and 1910,...