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  • December 1998 (Revised January 1999)
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Explaining the Great Depression

By: David A. Moss and Joseph P Gownder
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Abstract

Although the Great Depression stands as the most punishing economic event of the 20th century, there is still remarkably little consensus about its causes. This case presents a number of prominent explanations including those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and Anna Jacobson Schwartz. Four additional theories are presented in the appendix.

Keywords

History; Financial Crisis; Theory; Economics

Citation

Moss, David A., and Joseph P Gownder. "Explaining the Great Depression." Harvard Business School Compilation 799-067, December 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
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David A. Moss

Business, Government and the International Economy
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