Violence has been (and continues) to be an enduring feature of American life and politics. McGuire’s book
traces the terrible legacies of racism and sexism in the US from the 1940s to the 1970s. However, she also
offers historical accounts of progress and showcases average Americans’ heroic efforts to dismantle racist
institutions and ideology. In other words, there were good people who were trying to make a difference in
improving their communities. Consider the following “little people”:
Viola Luizzo, a murdered white Detroit housewife and an activist for civil rights
Joan Little, a black woman who killed her jailer with an ice pick in self defense
The above individuals were not interested in gaining political attention or even being documented figures in
American history. They were forced into the “political limelight” due to the culture of the era, and they made a
difference.
Choose two to three figures from McGuire’s chapter 7, chapter 8, and the epilogue who made a difference in
the US. (You may select the ones listed above.) Then, choose two or three additional figures from history or
from today who also made a difference (even a small one) in improving the political and social conditions in the
US.
With these chosen individuals, answer the following question: To what extent did your chosen figures improve
American society by making politicians more accountable to the people? In other words, how did your chosen
figures, or “the little people”, make a difference?
According to Keynesianism, choices took by the private sector occasionally have ineffective macroeconomic outcome. As a consequence, this school of macroeconomic idea supports the usage of vigorous strategy and fiscal response measures by making use of the public sector, monetary policy actions started by the central bank and fiscal policies espoused by the government with the leading objective of steadying business cycle output. Keynesianism encourages for the practice of a mixed economy, which includes largely the private sector and the government with the public sector performing a significant role. This was the economic version implemented during the last part of the Great Depression, the World War II, and the post-war economic expansion observed during 1945-1973. Keynesianism lost its stimulus during the 1970s economic decline and counter-revolution. The recent global financial crisis has caused the rebirth of Keynesian theory in economic models. This essay will describe Keynesianism and will then try to explain its rise and fall.
Keynesian economics also called Keynesianism is an economic ideology of total spending in the economy called aggregate demand and its influence on output and inflation. Keynesian economics was created by the well-known British economist John Maynard Keynes in 1930 in an effort to apprehend the Great Depression. Keynesianism led economics theories and policy after world war II until late 1970s (Kenton, 2019). Keynes was in favor for expanded government expenditures and put down taxes to increase demand and take the global economy out of the slump. Consequently, Keynesia