1950s:Following the communist victory, a rapid transformation takes place, and the Industrial Revolution belatedly makes its way to China.
Today:Some consider the age of the Industrial Revolution to have passed into the Information Age—in which advances in computer and information technology have transformed the conditions of labor and production.
1950s:During this post-war period, the United States enjoys an era of booming economic prosperity.
Today:Although the United States continues to enjoy a period of economic prosperity characterized by the lowest unemployment rates in decades and many average Americans profit from stock market investments during the late nineties, the stock market.....
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