The following are examples of significant economic successes and failures in the United States. Working in small groups, the students will brainstorm and list examples of their own.

Significant Economic
Events

 
Successes
Failures
IBM
Microsoft
Nike
Lego
Disney
Kids-R-Us
McDonald's		 Various Fads
Studebaker
Pinto (Ford)
Hula Hoops
Edsel (Ford)