Vocabulary 1) Vladimir Lenin
2) John J. Pershing
3) Fourteen Points
4) Self-determination
5) League of Nations
6) Henry Cabot Lodge
7) Irreconcilables
8) Reservationists
9) American expeditionary forces
10) Henry Ford
11) Mass Production
12) Model T
13) Scientific Management
14) Assembly Lines
15) Consumer Revolution
16) Installment Buying
17) Buying on Margin
18) Inflation
19) Creditor Nation

for starters, there is the structural trend of rising primary government expenditure as a share of gdp, which reached 36% in 2014, up from 22% in 1991. this increase reflected a political desire to address the poverty and inequality that had gone unaddressed during previous decades. to support the increase, brazil’s government increased taxes on consumption and promoted progress toward labor-market formalization. nonetheless, public investment, particularly in infrastructure, took a hit. in fact, with the exception of the 2005-2008 period, total investment as a share of gdp has remained below 20% since 1991.