Lessons from the Great Depression
The prospect of a severe recession in America has inevitably drawn parallels in the media with the Great Depression of 1929. The parallel may not be entirely appropriate in terms of scale and severity, but what lessons are there that can be learnt from the Great Depression?
Credit crunch: risk-taking Times Online (23/3/08)
America gets depressed by thoughts of 1929 revisited Times Online (23/3/08)
Lessons learnt from Great Depression Times Online (25/3/08)
Questions
| 1. | Explain the principal causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s. |
| 2. | Assess the parallels between the current economic situation in America and the situation preceding the Great Depression in 1929. |
| 3. | Discuss the extent to which the recent loosening of monetary and fiscal policy in America will help reduce the likelihood of recession. |