Resources:

Part One:

-economist.com, “The A to Z of economics.”;

-investopedia.com, “What Is Capitalism? History, Pros & Cons, vs. Socialism.” By Daniel Liberto;

-en.wikipedia.org, “Economic history of the United States.” By Wikipedia Editors;

-healthfoodalliance.org, “Colonialism, Capital and Corporate Power : A brief economic history of the US.”;

-tota.world, “American Economies: A short summary of the economic history of the United States.”;

-oxfordre.com, “Economic History of the United States: Precolonial and Colonial Periods.” By Peter C. Mancall;

-engr.psu.edu, “Colonial America’s Pre-Industrial Age of Wood and Water.”;

-“Work and Labor in Early America.” By Stephen Innes;

-nber.org, “The Economics of World War I.”;

-thoughtco.com, “The US Economy in World War I.” By Heather Michon;

-fee.org, “What Ended the Great Depression?” By Burton W. Folsom;

-fdrlibrary.org, “Great Depression Facts.”;

-history.com, “The Post World War II Boom: How America Got Into Gear.” By Sarah Pruitt;

-www.nationalww2museum.org, “Great Responsibilities and New Global Power.” By Kristen D. Burton, PhD;

-nytimes.com, “The Real Reason the American Economy Boomed After World War II.” By Jim Tankersley;

-thoughtco.com, “A History of American Economic Growth in the 20th Century.” By Mike Moffatt;

-“An Empire of Wealth.” By John Steele Gordon;

-nber.com, “Measuring the Economy of the 21st Century.” By Charles R. Hulten;

-“An Economic History of the United States From 1607 to the Present Day.” By Ronald E. Seavoy;

-“The US economy into the 21st century.” By Norman C. Saunders;

-www.realinstitutoelcano.org, “The US in the early 21st century: decline or renewal?” By Abraham F. Lowenthal;

Part Two:

-www.nyse.com, “AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE Historical Timeline.”;

-www.nyse.com, “The History of NYSE.’;

-sofi.com, “A Brief History of the Stock Market and Stock Exchanges.” By Inyoung Hwang;

-sofi.com, “What Is the Average Stock Market Return?” By Rebecca Lake;

-sofi.com, “What Is a Stock Market Crash?” By Michael Flannelly;

-forex.com, “History of the stock market.”;

-medium.com, “The Titans of Wall Street: The Top 10 Most Influential Stock Investors and Their Legendary Strategies.”;

Part Three:

-“The Creature from Jekyll Island.” By G. Edward Griffin;

-newyorkfed.org, “The Founding of the Fed.”;

-investopedia.com, “How the Federal Reserve Was Formed.” By Andrew Beattie;

-en.wikipedia.org, “History of the Federal Reserve System.” By Wikipedia Editors;

-gao.gov, “The Decentralized Structure of the Federal Reserve System.”;

-www.federalreserve.gov, “What does it mean that the Federal Reserve is ‘independent within the government’?”;

-cfr.org, “What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve?” By James McBride, Anshu Siripurapu, and Noah Berman;

-fbrservices.org, “About Federal Reserve Bank Services.”;

-brookings.edu, “Why is the Federal Reserve independent, and what does that mean in practice?” By David Wessel;

-bigissues.com, “James Meadway explains the good, the bad and the ugly truth of the US economy.” By James Meadway;

-fee.org, “The Case Against the Fed.” By Douglas French;

-votesmart.org, “Federal Reserve Bank Reform.” By Vic Roberts;

-mises.org, “The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It’s Definitely Not a Bank.” By Ryan McMaken;

-linkedin.com, “The ugly truth about central banking.” By James Eagle;

Part Four:

-treasurydirect.gov, “History of the Debt.”;

-en.wikipedia.org, “National debt of the United States.” By Wikipedia Editors;

-fee.org, “A Closer Look at the Debt and Deficit.” By Robert Higgs;

-fiscaldata.treasury.gov, “What is the national debt?”;

-www.investopedia.com, “National Debt: Definition, Impact, and Key Drivers.” By The Investopedia Team;

-pgpf.org, “The Federal Government Has Borrowed Trillions. Who Owns All that Debt?”;

-factcheck.org, ” Who Holds Our Debt?” By Brooks Jackson;

-budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu, “Complete Measures of U.S. National Debt.” By Jagadeesh Gokhale;

-pgpf.org, “Top 10 Reasons Why the National Debt Matters.”;

-fidelity.com, “The debt ceiling and the future.”;

-chamberhill.com, “What Is the Debt Ceiling and Why Does It Matter.”;

-www.corporatefinaneinstitute.com, “What’s the US Debt Ceiling All About?” By Andrew Loo;

-pgpf.com, “Interest Costs on the National Debt.”;

-heritage.org, “National Debt Is a Burden on Every American.” By Richard Stern;

-itsuptous.org, “What are the main consequences of the National Debt?“;

-https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu, ” When Does Federal Debt Reach Unsustainable Levels?“;

-bipartisanpolicy.org, “Why the National Debt Matters for the Dollar and Global Economic Strength.” By Upamanyu Lahiri;

-www.marketplace.org, “Why it matters that the U.S. dollar is the world’s reserve currency.” By David Brancaccio, Ariana Rosas and Alex Schroeder;

investopedia.com, “Understanding Reserve Currency: The U.S. Dollar’s Global Impact.” By James Chen;

jpmorgan.com, “De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance?”;

-money.usnews.com, “De-Dollarization: What Would Happen if the Dollar Lost Reserve Currency Status?” By Wayne Duggan;

-seekingalpha.com, “A History Of U.S. Budget Deficits.” ;

-nytimes.com, “The Programs You’d Have to Cut to Balance the Budget.”By Alicia ParlapianoMargot Sanger-Katz and Josh Katz;

-investopedia.com, “What Are the Pros and Cons of a Federal Balanced Budget?” By Sean Ross;

-brookings.edu, “How to Balance the Budget.” By Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel V. Sawhill;

-heritage.org, “The Costly Truth About Government “Spending.” By Paul Mullen and Richard Stern;

-www.informationstation.org, “The good, the bad and the ugly of the federal budget.” ;

-www.brookings.edu, “Five myths about federal debt.” By William G. Gale;

-“The Truth about the National Debt.” By Francis X. Cavanaugh;

-www.rbcwealthmanagement.com, “Debunking debt disaster.” By Atul Bhatia, CFA;

-pgpf.org, “76 Options for Reducing the Deficit.”;

-Congressional Budget Office, “Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2025 to 2034.”;

-“A Comprehensive Federal Budget Plan to Avert a Debt Crisis.” By Jessica Riedl;

-“Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail.” By Ray Dalio;

-www.investopedia.com, “Sovereign Default: Definition, Causes, Consequences, and Example.” By The Investopedia Team;

-www.thecollegeinvestor.com, “What Happens If The U.S. Defaults On Its Debt?” By Robert Farington;

-www.ncsi.org, “Possible Consequences of US Government Debt Default.”;

Part Five:

–https://manhattan.institute/article/a-comprehensive-federal-budget-plan-to-avert-a-debt-crisis-2024, “The Theory of Money and Credit.” By Ludwig Von Mises;

-www.economicshelp.org, “Factors affecting economic development.” By Tejvan Pettinger;

-www.informationstation.org, “5 Ways Economic Growth Occurs.”;

-www.investopedia.com, “Economic Growth: What It Is and How It Is Measured.” By The Investopedia Team;

-www.morningstar.com, “How Healthy Is the US Economy? Here’s What the Top Economic Indicators Say.” By Margaret Giles;

-news.harvard.edu, “Economy is doing OK. So why are Americans so pessimistic about their prospects?” By Christina Pazzanese;

-nurse.org, “Hospital Layoffs Escalate—Impact Spreads from Support Staff to Nurses.” By Brandy Pinkerton;

-www.definitivehc.com, “Healthcare has a staffing problem. So why are hospitals cutting jobs?” By Nicole Witowski;

-www.rooseveltinstitute.org, “The Economic Legacy of the Biden Years, and the Path Forward.” By Felicia Wong;

-www.dailycardinal.com, “Democrats detail comprehensive economic policy at the DNC. Here’s what it means.” By Ty Javier;

-en.wikipedia.org, “Economic policy of the second Trump administration.” By Wikipedia Editors;

-monthlyreview.org, “MAGA Ideology and the Trump Regime.” By John Bellamy Foster;

-www,britannica.com, “MAGA movement.” By Britannica Editors;

-thehill.com, “Johnson outlines economic plan under Trump if GOP controls government in 2025.” By Emily Brooks;

-brookings.edu, “U.S.-China Economic Relations: Implications for U.S. Policy.” By Nicholas R. Lardy;

-www.usbank.com, “Analysis: China’s economy and its influence on global markets.” By Eric Freedman;

-tni.org, “Can China challenge the US empire?” By Sean Kenji Starrs;

-carnegieendowment.org, “U.S.-China Relations for the 2030s: Toward a Realistic Scenario for Coexistence.”;

-thebalanacemoney.com, “China’s Economy and Its Effect on the U.S. Economy.” By Kimberly Amadeo;

-pgpf.org, “New Report: Rising National Debt Will Cause Significant Damage to the U.S. Economy.”;

-www.brookings.edu, “How worried should you be about the federal deficit and debt?” ByDavid Wessel;

Appendices:

-www.cleveland.org, “What is inflation?”;

–https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-does-the-government-measure-inflation/, “How does the government measure inflation?”By Nasiha Salwati and David Wessel;

-www.nber.org, “Does Inflation Harm Economic Growth?”;

-www.investopedia.com, “10 Common Effects of Inflation.” By David Floyd;

-www.investopedia.com, “How Interest Rates Affect the U.S. Markets.” By Chris Seabury;

-www.rosenbergresearch.vom, “The Impact of Interest Rates on the Economy.”;

-www.investopedia.com, “How 10 Influential Economists Changed America’s History.” By Jon Ogg;

-bigthink.com, “7 great economists and how their ideas still affect us today.” By Scotty Hendricks;

-www.fee.org, “Twelve Economic Concepts Everyone Should Know.” By Richard Lorenc;

-superprof.com, ” What Is An Economic Model?”;