The expansion of credit in the early part of the twentieth century caused a dramatic upswing in the amount of installment buying among people that could not necessarily afford to repay the debt. The i...
Great Depression and Technology
As Albert Einstein once said “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. ” Throughout the years our technology has become more and more advanced, creating mor...
Hitler’s Rise To Power: An Inevitable Offshoot of the Great Depression in Germany
The Great Depression caused by the Stock Market's collapse in 1929 affected the American economy like no other economic crisis in its history (Samuelson, n. d. ). Being the most severe depression expe...
The Story Behind Financial Deregulation a. Wild Optimism & the Deregulation Movement b. The Political Influence of the Financial Sector (and the Wealthy in General) PART II: THE SOLUTION Section 3: Th...
Literature of the Great Depression
Literature of the Great Depression: A Survey The Great Depression, beginning in 1929 and continuing throughout the next decade, was a time of extreme economic decline, devastating people of nearly eve...
New York: now and then, and the future
New York has the charm to draw the people’s interest from all over the world. New York has been the gateway of immigration in America for centuries has remained the city of dreams for the immigrants...
Progressive Era Through the Great Depression Persuasive Essay
Progressive Era through the Great Depression Lacinda Adams Contemporary U. S. History, Strayer University Prof. Jahangir Salehi November 10, 2012 Progressive Era through the Great Depression There wer...
Valued Possessions vs. Insignificant Desires
Anna Quindlen, a novelist, social critic, and journalist wrote an intriguing essay “Stuff is Not Salvation” about the addiction of Americans, who splurge on materialistic items that have no real m...