The Veterans Administration was created in 1930 as a federal administration that provided benefits to veterans.
Promoted to a department of the U.S. Cabinet, now known as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or VA.
The agency provides medical care, benefits, and various basic services to US military veterans and their families.
Medical services are provided by three administrations: the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration.
Examples of financial assistance offered by VA include disability compensation, education and training, life insurance, and mortgages.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace and in employment.
Autarky refers to a state of self-sufficiency and is commonly used to describe countries or economies that seek to reduce their dependence on international trade.
A Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract is a model used to finance large projects, usually infrastructure projects, developed through a public-private partnership.
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, especially in the industrial sector, in which labor is paid only according to wages.
The term “discount rate” can refer to either the interest rate the Federal Reserve charges banks for short-term loans or the rate used to discount future cash flows in a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis.