Post-1973 United States History

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The "golden age of capitalism" and the "age of compression" in the United States began after World War II and ended in 1973. This course will analyze prosperity in the U.S., global changes challenging it, the struggle of the 1970s to preserve it, the failure to do so in 1979 and 1980; and the new capitalism that followed and lead to economic crisis.Considers economic ideas and practices alongside the changing politics and social composition of the Democratic and Republican parties.