The Great Recession Versus The Great Depression

The Great Depression (1929-1939) was the biggest blow to American citizens to date. It shattered the lives of hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting families. No one truly saw it coming, and efforts to try to avoid the onslaught were taken after the tidal wave of economic disparity had already begun rolling. While measures were taken to attempt to fix the damage, few actually worked. The Great Depression was an unfortunate series of events beginning with the stock market crash of 1929 followed by bank failures and efforts taken by both Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt to try and stitch the nation’s economy back together.

Over the course of history, America has dealt with its share of economic troubles. One of America’s darkest moments, economically, came in the year of 1929. On October 29th, 1929 America’s stock market crashed. This would become what we now know as the Great Depression. The Great Depression lasted approximately ten years. The Great Depression affected the entire country. Seven decades later we experienced what is known as the Great Recession. This also affected many Americans economically. Both of these economic meltdowns share commonalities.

These years brought despair, and even when President Roosevelt tried to step in with the New Deal, despair continued. As for the great Recession, occurring around one of America’s most traumatic historical events, this time period caused America itself to become fearful about simply living. Although, one might say, “… The Recession has called into question the benefits of free market capitalism, which has held sway for the past three decades” (Matthews, Nobel, Platt, 635). President Obama brought about some helpful tactics in order to bring the country out of the recession before it had the chance to become a depression. That being said, both the Great Depression and the Great Recession impacted families very deeply, and caused a struggle for hope throughout the

The Great Depression was in no way the only depression the country has ever seen, but it was one of the worst economic downfalls in the United States. As for North America and the United States, the Great Depression was the worst it had ever seen. In addition to North America, the Depression greatly affected Europe and other various countries throughout the world significantly during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The Great Depression was caused by the collapse of the Stock Market, which happened in October of 1929. The crash exhausted about forty percent of the paper values of common stocks. It was the worst depression due to the fact that at the time of the Great Depression the government involvement in the economy was higher than it had ever been. A unique government agency had been set up exclusively to prevent depressions and their related troubles for instance bank panics. All of ...

After the great depression back in the 1930’s, America would think they would never run into an economic scare again, until 80 years later when the next big economic disaster would strike. The 2008 economic collapse would not only be triggered and felt by America, but the entire globe as well. You would think that the United States would have a fail-safe plan on defending off another economic crash, but they didn’t and had shown weakness. The 2008 economic collapse is usually refereed to as the global financial crises or the great recession. With the allegation of collapse from large financial institutions, and the bailout of banks by the government, began the second great depression. Many believe that we are still stuck in this recession and have not completed anything to get out of this situation that’s affecting our nation. I believe that the economic crash in 2008 was the finale building block towards a more structural society, political system, and government in the United States of America.

All in all, the great depression had a termendious affect on the lively hood of millions of individuals living in the U.S, termanating jobs, wages and imigration. However, the administations of both president during this time Hoover and Roosovelt did what they thought was right for america, even if Hoovers presidency seemed to only sink america further into a spirallying black hole and leave americans felling worse about there situation. While roosovelt brought in new ideas and motivation americans hadnt seem in a while and inspired a cursul concept in all of them; hope. In the end the great depression became known as the longest lasting economic downfall in all of history lasting for 10 long years.

The financial crisis 0f 2007-2008 is widely considered to be the worst financial crisis since the great depression. The effects of the financial crisis were cataclysmic it resulted in companies going under, others getting bailed out by the government and the stock market taking a nose-dive which led to a domino effect of recessions and bail outs around the world.

Since being founded, America became a capitalist society. Being a capitalist society obtains luxurious benefits and rather harsh consequences if gone bad. In a capitalist society people must buy products and spend money to keep the economy balanced, but once those people stop spending money, the economy goes off balance and the nation enters a recession. Once a recession drastically takes a downturn, the nation enters what is known as a depression. In 2008 America entered a recession and its consequences were severe enough for some people, such as President Barack Obama, to compare the recent crisis to the world’s darkest economic depression in history, the Great Depression. Although the Great Depression and the Great Recession of 2008 hold similarities and differences between the stock market and government spending, political issues, lifestyle changes, and wealth distribution, the Great Depression proved far more detrimental consequences than the Recession.

The recession of 2008 had the worst impact on the U.S housing market since the great depression, the total amount of wealth lost by the recession was up to 10.2 trillion dollars, which is almost one fifth of the GDP of the entire world. The recession had a huge impact on the U.S economy, it was a time where almost every american was going to have a lot of problems, which is what made it a huge problem. Since the recession the U.S has been able to make some significant changes that have given some positive impacts to Americans and the economy. Some will agree that the recession was a really impactful time to the U.S ,but others will say that the recession wasn’t as bad as it could've been, but it reality it was actually a really bad time for

When a person hears the words “The Great Depression,” almost everyone thinks of the worst economic times in the United States. The Great Depression started in the late 1920s and continued on until the early 1940s. It is known as being “the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the western industrialized world” (History.com). We can learn from the occurrences during The Great Depression that government involvement is the deciding factor of whether an economy will expand or continue to shrink during a recession.

The Great Depression and the Stock Market crash were both around the time when To Kill A Mockingbird was written. They both had a very big effect on America and America wouldn’t be the same without these two events. People were very poor and it showed that in the book when Mr. Cunningham was paying Atticus in Walnuts instead of money because he was so broke.

The Great Depression and the Great Recession of the early 21st Century have many things in common. The Great Depression and the Great Recession both experienced good economic times before they crashed. Prior to the Great Depression, (1921-1929) the annual real economic growth was at 4.4 percent. Though less, the annual real economic growth prior to the Great Recession was at 3.2 percent. The banks before both times moved into new business lines. In the 1920s banks increased real estate lending and also increased investment banking. Prior to the Great Recession, (1990s-2000s) banks increased real estate lending and the securitization of mortgages. In both times, they were preceded by the innovations in consumer finances of their times. Prior to the Great Depression, (1920s) installment in consumer credit became more popular this included monthly payments. In the 2000’s prior to the recession, banks increased real estate lending and the securitization of mortgages. Pre Great Depression and the Great Recession they were asset bubbles in both real estate and tech-stock market. During the 1920s there was a surge in the Florida real estate as well as the stock market. The time during the 1990s and 2000s were a little different because of the fact that the tech stock market also took off and that the residential real estate grew.

What caused the Great Recession that lasted from December 2007 to June 2009 in the United States? The United States a country with abundance of resources from jobs, education, money and power went from one day of economic balance to the next suffering major dimensions crisis. According to the Economic Policy Institute, it all began in 2007 from the credit crisis, which resulted in an 8 trillion dollar housing bubble (n.d.). This said by Economist analysts to attributed to the collapse in the United States. Even today, strong debates continue over major issues caused by the Great Recession in part over the accommodative federal monetary and fiscal policy (Economic Policy Institute, 2013). The Great Recession of 2007 – 2009 enlarges the longest financial crisis since the Great Depression of 1929 – 1932 that damaged the economy.