With global stock markets falling due to the mortgage crisis, and the economy generally going into hard times because of a lack of credit, are we going to have a repeat of the great depression seen almost a century ago?

Of course (read more…)

The great depression was an interesting period and their have been some great films about the hard times that people had to go through (read more…)

The great depression was a with out a doubt one of the most significant periods in history and there are some really great posters about the period (read more…)

Nobody wants anything like the great depression to happen again, but will it (read more…)

In the great depression, businesses lost a lot of money because they couldn’t sell all of their goods (overproduction) and because share prices dropped (because nobody wanted to invest)

This lead to fewer workers being employed by companies (read more…)

The Wall Street Crash happened when people realised that share prices had risen too high as companies profits were falling as a result of mass(over)production.

Therefore people wanted to sell their shares (read more…)

To understand the great depression you first need to understand the Wall Street Crash. To understand to Wall Street Crash you must understand stocks and shares.

Shares are needed so that the capital to start and maintain a company can be raised. People buy shares in the hope of making a profit on their investment as all shareholders get a share of the company’s profits (read more…)

The Nazis came to power during the great depression. In fact, without the Wall Street Crash it is unlikely that Hitler would have ever got into power. However once Hitler got into power he dramatically increased his control. However, after the great depression, how did he strengthen his control over Germany?

When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 he was not content with the power he had (read more…)

I have been trying to find some quality books or textbooks about the great depression. Considering the importance of the great depression in history, there is not a staggering amount of books regarding the period. However I have compiled a list of what I have discovered so far and I would welcome any comments or suggestions of other titles (read more…)

Unemployment during the great depression was at one of the highest levels ever in history. In America the unemployment rate reached nearly 25% at its peak. This graph shows the percentage of Americans unemployment from just before the Wall Street Crash in 1929, to the outbreak of World War 2 in 1939 (read more…)

The Great Depression was the result of a worldwide economic crash, affecting virtually every country in the world (read more…)