The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached we can say the following.
Although today’s Modern economy looks much different compared to our earlier Colonial and Civil War-era economies, the similarities I still see in terms of trade partners, use of environmental resources, government regulation, and type of goods/products sold are the following.
Businesses are still business no matter the time in history. They are created to make profits.
Businessmen are greedy most of the time, like in the past. Any other consideration that does not directly affect the balance sheet or the bottom line, is not considered a priority and takes the back seat when business decisions are made.
This can be shown in politics, in the economy, and in business. Of course, this can be seen in trade and in foreign affairs.
Social costs should be important but are more on the side of the ethics of the managers or leaders of the organizations. And ethics and moral values are not a prominent thing to be considered in the decision-making process of modern corporations.
To this day, businesses are driven by money, power, and control, and these have been teh causes of major differences between companies, states, individuals, and countries.
