The paper identifies the causes of the Great Depression of 1929 and the financial crisis of 2008. ... The Great Depression of 1929 The great depression is documented to have been one of the worst economic depressions in the history of the United States. ... The stock market crash of 1929 is referred to as spark that ignited the Great Depression. ... Another factor that heavily contributed to the Great depression of 1929 was the failure of Banks. ... The third major cause of the depression of 1929 was a general decline in the purchasing across the board. ...

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The worst of the Great Depression lasted between 1929 through 1933. ... One of the main causes that added to the Great Depression's radical decline of economic output was the New York stock market crash of 1929. Leading up to the largest crash of 1929, was the steady increase of stock prices between 1921 through 1929. ... By the fall of 1929, stock prices reached an overwhelming low, and people started panicking. This lead to what we now refer to as "Black Thursday", which occurred on October 24, 1929. ...

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Factors that lead to the Great Depression Stock Market crash of 1929. ... Broker's loans went from under $5 million in mid 1928 to $850 million in September of 1929. ... Short signed government economic policies were one of the factors that led to the Great Depression. ... Stock Market crash of 1929. ... Writings from people who suffered through the great depression: It was difficult to find any type of work during the Great Depression. ...

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The Great Depression was a turning point in U.S history. It has generally been established that the stock market crash in October 1929 was the beginning, and even the cause, of the Great Depression. ... In 1929, after a decade of economic growth, more than half the families in America lived on the edge of or below the minimum subsistence level. ... The automobile industries" sales fell by more than a third in the first nine months of 1929. ... Although we recovered from the Depression it is within the realm of possibility that politicians would again make choices that would lead to into an...

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The Great Depression When Franklin D. ... The banks were closing down due to the depression. ... The Great Depression was not the first or only depression Americans had seen, but it was the worst. ... The Board finally realized in 1929 that it could not sustain its current policy. ... They think Hoover just led us to the depression. ...

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