1. Lectures in Macroeconomics- Charles W. Upton The Great Depression

2. 1929-1933 The biggest economic disaster in the United States in the 20 th Century.

3. The Great Depression 1929-1933 The biggest economic disaster in the United States in the 20 th Century. Not the biggest ever.

4. The Great Depression Organization What happened? Why did it happen? Why did recovery take so long? Could it happen again?

5. The Great Depression Impacts People’s Lives –Everyone has stories to tell. –Dramatically touched lives.

6. The Great Depression Impacts People’s Thinking –Marxism –Huey Long –Townsend Plan

7. The Great Depression Impacts Solutions –New Deal –National Recovery Act –Get Women out of Labor Force

8. The Great Depression The Decline in GDP

9. The Great Depression Decline in Real GDP ($2000)

10. The Great Depression Decline in Real GDP ($2000)

11. The Great Depression Components of GDP

12. The Great Depression Consumption 1929-1932: Consumption down by 20%

13. The Great Depression Consumption 1929-1932: Consumption down by 20% The decline was gradual and recovery had taken place by 1936

14. The Great Depression Investment 1929-1932: Investment down by ~90%

15. The Great Depression Government

16. The Great Depression State and Federal Nominal Dollars

17. The Great Depression More

18. The Great Depression End ©2006 Charles W. Upton. All rights reserved