... Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA) In order to help people keep their houses, the HOLC refinanced mortgages of middle-income homeowners. The AAA tried to raise farm prices. It used proceeds from a new tax to pay farmers not to raise specific crops and animals. Lower production would, in turn, increase prices. ... Progress Administration (WPA) 1935-1943 This agency provided work for 8 million Americans. The WPA constructed or repaired schools, hospitals, airfields, etc. m. Farm Security Administration (FSA) The FSA loaned more than $1 billion to farmers and set up camps for migra...

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... . A growing number of companies in sensitive industries, such as mining, forestry and chemicals, are producing independently audited environmental reports. WTO rules expressly permit countries to take actions to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and to conserve exhaustible natural resources. However, such restrictions must pursue legitimate environmental objectives, and not be a disguised form of trade protectionism. The WTO rules ... capital flight. Global trade rules should be subordinate to global environmental agencies and agriculture should be eliminated from global tra...

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