In America's history, farmers have always played an important role. In the later part of the 19th century, farmers moved to the west. The farmers of the West were economically vulnerable due to factors beyond their control. Environmental conditions greatly affected the farmers' economy....

Extreme global poverty is a problem that affects a large percentage of the world's population and will continue to spread until serious action is taken against it by the wealthier nations. However, the amount of obligation, if any, that countries feel they have to deal with such a problem is ...

Globalization, according to its proponents, was supposed to be the panacea for the economic ills of the world. The results of opening up of economies' and free trade' during the past two decades[1], however, have at best been mixed. While the developed and rich countries have benefited f...