In recent times, more companies have been trying to merge and create jobs for the economy. Many companies have increased their lobbying spending. These corporations include Time Warner, AT&T, and Bayer. These companies have been increasing their spending on lobbyists, whom are hired to make negotiations with the legislature about decisions that would suit the companies and the economy the best. This increased spending has been facing antitrust scrutiny from the government as antitrust concerns continue to persist. The mergers of one of more major corporations can cause an increased amount of competition in our economy. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer and seed company, Monsanto plan to merge, same with Media company, Time Warner with AT&T. These companies mentioned to have increased their lobbying spending to convince the government to let the mergers move forward. Trump after meeting with the CEOs of these numerous companies criticized or supported the mergers through his notorious tweets. However, it is unclear how much of an effect Trump’s ideas will have on these big mergers as these cases have for years been independent of the investigations. As we proceed forward there is more news to come.

The Cold War: Economic Crisis

During the Cold War, there were many problems that arose in the world. A major problem, though, was the economic crisis regarding oil. The Prices of Oil skyrocketed, under the OPEC embargo oil prices jumped 400% in one year. With the oil prices going up, the price of everything goes up because that means the price of energy went up. Everything requires energy. The cause of this inflation was an increase in government spending, so the deficit increases. When the government is in debt, they jack up the prices for items. The American manufacturing economy collapsed because the American workers were not producing as much as they were being paid.

Arms Race

The arms race was a race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Reagan called the Arms Race a race between the good and the evil, with the Soviet Union being the "Evil Empire." Reagan also portrayed the Soviet Union as a country that would not negotiate. The Soviet Union was putting way too much money into the military and they weren’t spending anything on daily essentials such as making soap or food. The workers that were in charge of making those resources were put to build arms for the military instead, making daily life in the Soviet Union during the Arms Race subpar.

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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger born July 30, 1947 is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, former professional bodybuilder and former politician. He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011.Arnold started weight lifting at age 15 and at age 20 he won Mr. Universe and 7 time Mr. Olympia. Many may know him as being the governor for California and being the star of the Terminator. He went from a immigrant boy coming to this country to becoming a beast in the weight room to being a governor and a movie star. What can't he do! 

Women rights

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide, and formed the basis to the women's rights movement in the nineteenth century and feminist movement during the 20th century. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom,and behavior, where as in others they may be ignored or suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of women being seen as house wives and always being seen as the moms. The ones to pick you up from soccer practice to go get some ice cream after a cut on your knee. Women are more then moms and house wives!

MAD

During the Cold War, the time period where the United States and the Soviet Union were against each other in many differet political and military aspects. One of the most prominent and infamous parts of the Cold War was the nuclear arms race. Both sides of the war were fighting each other to see who could build the most nuclear bombs and the most powerful bombs in order to establish protection and supremacy. One important feature to come out of the nuclear arms race was Mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD. The concept of MAD was very simple: both sides, the Soviet Union and the USA, had the military capacity to be able to fully destroy the other and cause complete destruction of each other. This strategy was used as a form of deterrence as a way to stop the use of any nuclear weapons.
In my opinion, MAD is a bad idea because it allows each side to keep building up their weapons supply to keep up with each other and also encourages other nations to join in because they also want protection. By building up more and more weapons that have the capacity to destroy the entire world, it puts everyone at a huge risk that may not actually be worth it in the end.

Women's Rights Movement

During the 1960s, women were beginning to feel a desire to become something more in life. They desired to leave behind their aprons and wedding rings (for younger women) for a lifestyle that allowed them to embrace their freedom and youth in ways that hadn't explored before.Women became more free with themselves and desired to express themselves in new and different ways, without being held back by society's expectations. A book called the Feminine Mystique encouraged women to "be more than her husbands wife" and to do something about the dissatisfaction they felt in their lives. This new found desire for accomplishment and individuality was a major factor in the women's rights movement.