MS or MA: Stands for Masters of Science and Masters of Arts, respectively. These are the traditional degrees given by colleges of arts and sciences in the United States. Generally, a master's degree is not sufficient to be licensed as a psychologist, although some states and Canadian provinces do allow it.
The computer and computer-like semiconductor devices used in automation are the most significant productivity improving technologies developed in the final decades of the twentieth century; however, their contribution to overall productivity growth was disappointing.
Women, Impact of the Great Depression on. The Great Depression affected women and men in quite different ways. The economy of the period relied heavily on so-called sex-typed work, or work that employers typically assigned to one sex or the other.