Money Biographies Samples For Students

Economic Crisis

The economic crisis started in 2007 in the U.S. with the default of Lehman Brothers. It is difficult to indicate a unique cause that brought the entire globe to one of the deepest recession of the last century, but one of the main causes is the credit crunch that followed the explosion of the so called “subprime bubble”.

In particular, several banks faced major drops due to the several subprime products present in their assets. Because those contracts could not be paid anymore by the debtors, several banks had to declare bankruptcy. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers was the most ...

Central Bankers:Jannet Yellen

Early Life and Education
Born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, Janet Yellen is currently serving as chairman of Federal Reserve and is also the first woman to hold this position. Being a bright and intelligent student right from the school days, she was elected as editor- in-chief of her school newspaper and became valedictorian by the time she graduated from school in 1963. She then went on to study economics at Brown University, where she earned her bachelor degree in Economics in 1967. Thereafter, she enrolled at Yale University for her doctorate in economics, which she completed in ...

In 1940, my grandparents were married in Puerto Rico, by a judge in a simple ceremony. By the 1970s, when my naturalized American parents were married, there was a large marriage ceremony and reception, with many family members, friends, and even acquaintances as guests. These two different marriages shed light on the differences as well as similarities between two generations, separated by more than three decades. Whereas love and respect for the institution of marriage were the common bond of both marriages, the differences between the two generations can be primarily attributed to available financial resources.
When my grandparents ...

Biography on Steve Israel, a U.S. Representative for New York
Steve Israel is a member of the U.S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of New York since 2001. Steve is a true leader. He values education. He respects the middle class and the low-income group. Even in the worst situations, Steve always raised his voice and stood up for his people. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and voted in favor of several reforms that benefit the public to a great extent. He has been in power since 2001 and never misled his people. He introduced acts and ...

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, which was written by Frederick Douglass himself, sheds valuable insight into the man who is today known so well for his participation in the Anti-Slavery movement during the 19th century. Years after escaping slavery in Maryland, he got it published in 1845 by the Anti-Slavery office in Boston, Massachusetts. Douglass was born into slavery, suffered its hopeless cruelties, and eventually escaped to the north to live out his days with his wife, Anna. This is a brief description of his life up to the time he became influential in the Anti-Slavery cause.

Frederick Douglass' Story

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John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes

Biography

John Maynard Keynes was born June 5, 1983 in Cambridge in a relatively prosperous family. Father of the great scientist John Neville Keynes was also economic theorist who taught economics and logic at Cambridge University and wrote a book on the subject of economics. His mother was the daughter of Florence Keynes Minister and graduated from the same University of Cambridge and in 1932-1933 even served as mayor of Cambridge.
Education of the future great scientist began when he was seven years old. Since that time and until 1892 he primarily learnt at home. Being nine years ...

The Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS)

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The Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS) was established in 1976 with the core mandate being the aiding of victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse. Accordingly, VIBS has been dispensing its duties with the organization assuming an expansionary approach. VIBS has, however, not failed in its activities. It continues to offer humanitarian services. This is despite the financial challenges that it faces. However, even with the society being seemingly educated and informed, it is this paper’s contention that the organizational activities aimed at creating a state of awareness and empowering the victims are critical. In addition, ...

Part 1 I interviewed one of my close friends about what he believes drives people to murder. One interesting thing that he brought up is the concept of young men growing up in gang environments - where people have to protect their territory and learn how to fend for themselves. There, the culture of gang violence is rampant, and so people often thing that it is the normal thing to do. Killing people is a means to assert masculinity and authority, as well as fitting in with the gang. I believe this is similar to differential association, as that theory ...

This paper will look at the similarities and differences in the Presidencies of Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt became President during a trying time for America. The Great Depression was in full swing caused by the fact that Wall Street and the banks had collapsed causing millions of people or about 25 percent of the population. to be without jobs or financial security (Miller). When Roosevelt came into office he put together an economic package known as the New Deal in order to help alleviate the crisis and get men back to work.
Almost seventy years later in ...

Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) belongs to the prominent American thinkers and public figures. In him were combined a great scientist-encyclopaedist, a brilliant propagandist of the Enlightenment ideas and active leader of the bourgeois revolution. By decision of the World Peace Council, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Franklin was celebrated all over the world. Scientific and public activity of Franklin is inextricably linked with the war of Independence in 1775 - 1783 years. The largest volume and most famous works of Franklin is "Autobiography» (The Life of Benjamin Franklin written by Himself). It was started by Franklin in 1771 ...

Benjamin Franklin observed his life as a blessing from God. This is concerning the fact that he rose from the life of a poor child to the height of being recognized by the world as one of the key makers of history. It is in this regard that he asserts that he rose from poverty and obscurity to affluence and a state of reputation. (Franklin, B. 1906, pp 34) It is for this reason that he asserts that given a chance to relive his life he would gladly accept the offer. However, being no chance available he opted to have a relief in writing ...

Harry Truman became the 33rd president of United States of America in the year 1945, following the sudden death of President Franklin Roosevelt. He encountered challenges during his two terms in office. First, the republicans and the press, severely, criticized his administration in terms of both domestic and foreign affairs. However, his policies abroad helped many generations. Domestically, he protected reforms. This paper discusses Harry Truman’s background, early life, accomplishments, shortcomings, and failures.

Background and early life

Harry Truman was born in Lamar, in the year 1884. Different historians give varying stories about Truman’s childhood. Some believe that he enjoyed his ...

Menacekeys was born in Fort Worth, Texas. The oldest of two sons, he was raised by his father while his mom served a 12-year prison term for child-abuse for almost killing both his younger brother and him. Consequently, music was always an escape from the reality of his troubled childhood. He discovered a passion for the piano at age five, and learned various other instruments throughout his youth, including drums and saxophone.

At age 15, Menacekeys gained his first taste of the music business with an internship through a House and Electronic based group, Oracale of Dallas, TX (Inertia Records). However, near ...

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The journey to being enterprising is not easy. It involves a lot of effort from the entrepreneur (Justin). This report focuses on two entrepreneurs in the same industry. It investigates their background of each of the entrepreneurs so as to be able to determine the success factors in their life. Besides, it gives a comparison and a contrast of these entrepreneurs and above all the obstacles that they had to overcome before achieving their success.

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Willard Marriott

John Willard Marriott the founder of the Marriott Corporation was an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry. He is an American born who was raised like a ...