Great depression: the pattern of disaster. Shevlyakov M.

More than eighty years have passed since the time when panic on the New York Exchange, the world began the countdown of the Great Depression. The era of prosperity - “roaring twenties” - disappeared like a dream, and for many years success and happiness were replaced by despair and fear. The era of depression is described by many, economists broke many copies, analyzing the origin and development of economic disaster. Until now, our world has traces of that era, still people use ideas and definitions of that time - but so far many lessons of those years remain unacceptable.

In their work, the author considers different points of view on Events of great depression, analyzes its causes and prerequisites, compares the course of the economic crisis in various countries, considers the consequences of this protracted crisis and draws the reader's attention to the main lessons of those years that have significance in our time.