(Black Thursday ) There are five proposed reasons as to why the stock market crashed. ... The cause of the depression cannot be linked to one individual or even a group of people. It is also unlikely that the crash of the market would have been large enough to lead the US economy into the depression by itself and to sustain the downward spiral in business activity. During 1929, people invested in the stock market for five major reasons. ... Some economist debated that this influenced the stock market, and it is conceivable that people took loans to buy more stock. ...

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However, this is only true in a model free market. Markets are not always perfect in their operation. ... People lost vast sums of money in the stock market and there was widespread hunger, poverty and unemployment. At the beginning of the depression period, governments didn't see their role as one for the influencing business conditions. ... The government has taken steps to see that the economic depression that took place in the 1930's never happens again. ...

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Such private enterprises can only thrive where government policies promote the idea of a free market so as to tap into the markets beyond a country's border (Dicken). ... Therefore, a tendency to produce more than the market consumed emerges. ... The trend continued until the supply of tulips in the market surpassed its demand. ... The Great Depression of 1930s started in the United States, due to a sudden fall in stock prices that would eventually crash the global economy. ... The profit can be attained because the cost of acquiring labor in the market is much below selling price of the ...

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Statistics reveal alarming facts, including trillions of dollars lost in the stock market (Paradis, 2009). ... In fact, the original term "Ameri­can Dream" was coined during the Great Depression by James Truslow Adams, who wrote that the American dream "is that Brandon King is studying political science at the University of Cincinnati and plans to attend law school. ... Looking at the fragile economy today, it is tempting to focus on the unevenness of the recovery: the stock market has made impressive rebounds in recent months, but the unemployment rate remains high. ... Weak national real ...

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The 1920s, often seen as a time of escape and frivolity before the onset of the Depression, actually marked a beginning , a time when the American people learned to adapt to life in the city, when they decided (wisely or not) to center their existence on the automobile, and when they rejected their rural past while still longing for the old values it had created. ... After a brief post-war depression, in 1922 saw the beginning of a great boom that peaked in 1927 and lasted until 1929. ... The new industry revealed a basic weakness in the consumer goods economy; once people had bought an it...

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To put it into perspective, "the Depression was the last time in American history that unemployment exceeded 8 percent four years after the onset of recession", coupled with the fact that GDP has grown at less than half the recovery rate compared to previous recessions (Stgilitz 2) (CBO 1). ... Two triggers that go hand in hand in their reputation as proximate causes of the financial crisis include the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and the housing crisis. ... Subprime mortgages became more and more common causing the housing market to balloon as more and more people could ...

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Being in a relationship with someone can result in two scenarios: complete joy or a difficult struggle. Yes, popular belief has convinced us that "the best things in life are free". But are they? Of course, we don't have to pay to enjoy a beautiful sunset at the beach, and as it is said, money canno...

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