This essay is concerning about The Great Depression. The main goal of my work is not only to describe the event itself, but especially to point out the head causes and consequences.

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ECONOMIC POLICY I - SEMESTRAL ESSAYPETRA ANDRLÍKOVÁ2"We will not have any more crashes in our time."- John Maynard Keynes in 1927"[1930 will be] a splendid employment year."- U.S. Dept. of Labor, New Year's Forecast, December 1929Outline:1. introduction…………………………………………………………….…32. causes & The Beginnings of the Great Depression …….…43. Crash and Depression…………………………………………………54. The Economy Crumbles………………………………………………..65. reasons & Explanations………………………………………………86. Depression worldwide………………………………………………...97. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………1031. IntroductionThis essay is concerning about The Great Depression. The main goal of my work isnot only to describe the event itself, but especially to point out the head causes andconsequences. Nowadays, it is even more interesting to study the economic crises from thepast, as we are situated in a very instable and precarious financial period. It shows us that thehistory can repeat and we should learn from the past and mistakes. I'm not going to evaluatethe work of economists of that days and say that they were doing wrong. My recentknowledge is not adequate to do so.

In addition those incidents can not be foreseen at all or itis very complicated because hardly anyone predicts such a schocking scenario.

The beginning of The Great Depression is dated to the year of 1929 when the entireworld suffered an enormous decrease in output and an enormous rise in unemployment thathad never been before. The output was running lower until 1932. In 1932 the outup was abouta half value of its 1929 level.. Real economic output (real GDP) fell by 29% from 1929 to1933 and the US stock market lost 89.5% of its value.

Source: Gold OceanAside from the decrase in output it is also important to mention the deflation. We canfor example take a look at the American situation:4The depression was so serious primarly because the deflation didn't cause theclearence of the market but it led to even more and more bankruptcies. Millions of...