Economics
The cost of an American postage stamp was 2 cents. The cost of a Swedish Postage stamp was 100SEK
Read more about this topic: 1900s (decade)
Famous quotes containing the word economics:
“I am not prepared to accept the economics of a housewife.”
—Jacques Chirac (b. 1932)
“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)
“The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)