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If the income elasticity of demand for a good is negative,the good is said to be:
Coolidge and Hoover
Refers to Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, two U.S. Presidents known for their policies during the 1920s and the onset of the Great Depression, respectively.
Dust Bowl
A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s, causing widespread economic hardship among farmers.
Anti-Lynching Laws
Legislation intended to prevent lynching, a form of violent, extrajudicial punishment typically motivated by racial prejudice, though historically such laws have been difficult to enforce.
CIO
Congress of Industrial Organizations, a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955.
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