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GDP and the Players Three: Introduction

IntroductionGDP and the Players ThreeIntroductionAll Together Now: C + I + GGDP Is “The Economy”Consumers: Buyers, Buyers EverywhereInvestment: Business Buys as Well as SellsGovernment: He's Your…

Women in Sports: Baseball

Women have been playing baseball since 1866. Vassar College had the first women's baseball team. Lanny Moss was the first woman to manage a…

Overview of Economics: Introduction

IntroductionOverview of EconomicsIntroductionWhat Is Economics and Who Cares?Will That Be Large or Small?A Firm BaseGetting Organized: Command, Market, and Mixed EconomiesThree Economists and Their…

The Economist's Toolbox: Introduction

IntroductionThe Economist's ToolboxIntroductionNumbers Please: Economic DataWatch Out!Virtually all aspects of economic activity can be measured, and most of them are. As you've seen, consumer…

Richardson, Henry Hobson

(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Henry Hobson, 1838–86, American architect, b. St. James parish, La., grad. Harvard, 1859, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts; great-grandson of Joseph Priestley. He was a…

catalog

(Encyclopedia) catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was…