Vocabulaire

Question 1

CEO

Answer 1

Chief Executive (cadre) Officier, does not mean that he owns the company.

Question 2

Currency

Answer 2

monnaie

Question 3

The Rust Belt

Answer 3

Geo region around the Great Lakes, taht been affected by economic downturns and indus delocalization.

Question 4

wealth

Answer 4

richesse

Question 5

Trust

Answer 5

a monopoly, a business controling the entire market (opp to the basic principles of capitalism). At a certain period, esp during fast industrialization, there was trust = antitrust laws.

Question 6

Income

Answer 6

revenue (=/ de revenue en anglais which mean recettes) : every month

Question 7

profit

Answer 7

specific type of income,In economics, profit is the difference between revenue that an economic entity has received from its outputs and total costs of its inputs, also known as surplus value

Question 8

wages

Answer 8

salaires

Question 9

asset

Answer 9

smth valuable that somebody own (can be shares) : eco value + more figurative use (a person can be an asset).

Question 10

Revenue

Answer 10

The income of a business (recettes)

Question 11

Loan

Answer 11

Emprunt

Question 12

Stock (jms avec s) exchanges

Answer 12

NY stock exchange (la Bourse) = Wall street

Question 13

A share

Answer 13

une action

Question 14

a share holder

Answer 14

un actionnaire

Question 15

A bond

Answer 15

titre de créance (env share but work differently)

Question 16

Non-profit

Answer 16

charities

Question 17

Robber barons

Answer 17

last decade 19th century, beginning 2oth century = extremely rich ppl, ‘’robbing’’ from ppl, like barons.

Question 18

Filthy rich

Answer 18

extremely rich (not always pejorative)

Question 19

Economic =/ (economical)

Question 20

corporation

Answer 20

large company (private)

Question 21

public corporation

Answer 21

Publicly-traded corpo (introduite sur la Bourse dc veut ps dire public).

Question 22

Trade

Answer 22

commerce

Question 23

philanthropy

Answer 23

the practice of voluntary, charitable giving by individuals, corporations and foundations to benefit important social needs, instead of paying taxes. In the US, it goes in religion, education, human services, foundations, health …

Question 24

Affluent

Answer 24

aisé + John Kenneth Galbraith, book title The Affluent society 1958 (env les 30 Glorieuses) = Period where eco inequalities reduce, with eco growth …

Question 25

Independence of the US

Answer 25

4 July 1776

Question 26

American Civil War

Answer 26

1861-1865

Question 27

American revolutionary War

Answer 27

1775-1783

Question 28

Welfare capitalism

Answer 28

(// welfare-state = état providence) = capitalisme de providence, qui accorde des choses au travailleur, it gives in theory more benefit to the worker, but only when it can benefit the company.

Question 29

Constitution of the US

Answer 29

1787