Examples of Board of Economic Warfare in the following topics:
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- Three of them, the Office of Price Administration (OPA; est. 1941), the Office of Administrator of Export Control (est. 1940; its functions later transferred to the Economic Defense Board and in 1943 to
the Office of Economic Warfare) and
the War Production Board (WPB; est. 1943) were among the federal agencies in charge of controlling the economy so that the United States was able to meet the demands of World War II.
- Roosevelt, replacing
the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board and the Office of Production Management.
- Only a year later, its functions were transferred to the Economic Defense Board (later changed to
the Board of Economic Warfare).
- The Board, chaired by Vice President Henry Wallace, aimed to strengthen economic international relations (through the control of imports and exports) and supported the Allied war effort through procurement of strategic resources (including arms).
- After a set of controversies over the Board's authority and financing, its functions were transferred to
the newly created Office of Economic Warfare
in the Office for Emergency Management
in 1943.
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- Identify the functions of the Board of Governors, and who appoints members to this board?
- Identify the functions of the Federal Open Market Committee, and who appoints members to this board?
- Explain why the chairperson of the Board of Governors is such a powerful person.
- Identify the economic consequences if an EU member of the Eurozone withdraws from the euro and reintroduces its currency.
- Distinguish between the Executive Board and the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
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- Army appeared to pay scant
attention to the flood of new tactics and weapons systems being unveiled in
Europe such as trench warfare, poison gas, and tanks, and remained unfamiliar
with the rapid evolution of air tactics.
- Navy Secretary Josephus
Daniels, ignoring the nation's strategic needs and disdaining the advice of experts,
suspended meetings of the Joint Army and Navy Board for two years in response
to unwelcome advice.
- He also chopped in half the amount of new ship
construction recommended by the board, reduced the authority of officers in Navy
yards, and ignored administrative chaos in his department.
- Secretary of
War Lindley Garrison created his own plan, adopting many of the proposals of
the Preparedness Movement leaders, which not only outraged the locally minded
politicians of both parties, but also offended a strongly held belief shared by
the liberal wing of the Progressive Movement that warfare always had a hidden
economic motivation.
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early 1917, Berlin forced the issue with its decision to conduct open submarine
warfare and attack any ship it chose to target on the high seas.
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- The idea justification for independence is that it allows the Fed to operate without being put under political pressure to take actions that may not be in the best long-term economic interest of the country.
- The presidentially appointed Board of Governors (or Federal Reserve Board), an independent federal government agency located in Washington, D.C.
- As of February 2014, the Chair of the Board of Governors is Janet Yellen, who succeeded Ben Bernanke.
- The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), composed of the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board and five of the 12 Federal Reserve Bank presidents, which oversees open market operations, the principal tool of U.S. monetary policy.
- Treasury, and each has its own nine-member board of directors.
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- The origins of the War of 1812, often referred to as the Second War of American Independence, are found in the unresolved issues between the United States and Great Britain.
- During the United Kingdom's wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France (1793 to 1815), the Royal Navy aggressively reclaimed British deserters on board ships of other nations, both by halting and searching merchant vessels and, in many cases, by searching American port cities.
- The crew of the HMS Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the American frigate looking to impress deserters from the Royal Navy.
- Jefferson's political failure to coerce Great Britain led him toward economic warfare in the form of the Embargo of 1807.
- Describe British treatment of American vessels in the early years of the American republic
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- Biological warfare (BW) is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents with the intent to kill or incapacitate.
- Biological warfare (BW) — also known as germ warfare — is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals, or plants as an act of war .
- Entomological (insect) warfare is also considered a type of BW.
- There is an overlap between BW and chemical warfare, as the use of toxins produced by living organisms is considered under the provisions of both the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
- The rationale behind this treaty, which has been ratified or acceded to by 165 countries as of 2011, is to prevent a biological attack which could conceivably result in large numbers of civilian fatalities and cause severe disruption to economic and societal infrastructure.
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- Many of Wilson’s first-term efforts involved persuading a Democratic Congress to pass progressive economic reforms.
- Aldrich), and the powerful left wing of the Democratic Party (led by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan).
- He based his campaign around the slogan, "He kept us out of war," but U.S. neutrality was challenged in early 1917 when Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare against shipping, including American vessels despite repeated strong warnings, and tried to enlist Mexico as an ally.
- On the home front in 1917, he began the first U.S. draft since the American Civil War, borrowed billions of dollars in funding through the newly established Federal Reserve Bank and Liberty Bonds, set up the War Industries Board, promoted labor union cooperation, supervised agriculture and food production through the Lever Act, took control of the railroads, and suppressed anti-war movements.
- For his sponsorship of the League of Nations, Wilson received the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize.
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- Negotiations between parties involved at the end of a war often result in a treaty, such as the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, which ended the First World War.
- Conventional warfare is an attempt to reduce an opponent's military capability through open battle.
- Nuclear warfare is warfare in which nuclear weapons are the primary method of coercing the capitulation of the other side, as opposed to the supporting role nuclear weaponry might take in a more conventional war.
- The political and economic circumstances of peace following a war are highly situational—post-war political and economic realities can not be forecasted.
- Negotiations between parties involved at the end of a war often result in treaties, such as the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, which ended the First World War.
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- Volcker was also appointed as the chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Obama from 2009 to 2011.
- However, due to the work of Volcker and the rest of the board, the inflation rate dropped to 3.2% by 1983.
- Volcker chose to enact a policy of preemptive restraint during the economic upturn which increased the real interest rates.
- Despite his level of success in certain areas, Volcker's Federal Reserve board drew some of the strongest political attacks and protests in the history of the Federal Reserve.
- Evaluate the benefits and consequences of Paul Volcker's actions as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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- What's more, large corporations at times have shown themselves to be inflexible in adapting to changing economic conditions.
- Typically, even members of a corporation's board of directors and managers own less than 5 percent of the common stock, though some may own far more than that.
- Usually, only a minority of board members are operating officers of the corporation.
- Corporate boards place day-to-day management decisions in the hands of a chief executive officer (CEO), who may also be a board's chairman or president.
- As long as a CEO has the confidence of the board of directors, he or she generally is permitted a great deal of freedom in running a corporation.