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Практичне заняття № 10

Economy and public welfare in the USA

Мета to study the factors which have contributed to America's

becoming the leading economic nation in the world.

1. Economy.

2. Income, credit and banking.

3. Labor.

4. Benefit programs.

5. Middle class living.

6. Voluntarism and philanthropy.

Питання для самоконтролю

1. What factors have contributed to America's becoming the leading

economic nation in the world?

2. What role have tycoons played in American society?

3. What is America's place in the world economy? How has it changed

since 1900?

4. What makes the USA the world's leading agricultural nation?

5. Why have measures been taken to control big business?

6. What options do Americans have in the sphere of credit and

banking?

7. On what aid from federal and state government may the poor and

unemployed count?

8. What categories of Americans are eligible for the Social Security

program and Medicare?

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