The Great Depression: Myths and Realities [F-14-28]
| Presenter: | Steven Horwitz |
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| Location: | SUNY Potsdam: Maxcy 104 |
| Classes: | 1 Session 1.5 hours |
| Dates: | Thu 2:30 PM 09/18 |
| Status: | CLOSED |
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This lecture is a broad overview of the Great Depression that focuses on answering three questions: What caused it to start? What caused it to get so bad so quickly? What caused it to be so lengthy? The answers to all three involve critically assessing various myths of the Great Depression, including the claim that it was caused by laissez-faire capitalism, that Hoover worsened it by doing nothing, that the New Deal saved us from disaster, and that World War II ended the depression.
Steven Horwitz is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at SLU, and he specializes in American economic history and macroeconomics. He has taught a senior seminar on the Great Depression several times and has published on the topic in professional journals.