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The 173 pages that link to Great Depression, each with the reason it gives.

• World War IIRelated: Economic collapse destabilized politics and helped extremist movements gain support.

• Nazi GermanyRelated: Mass unemployment and political crisis helped the Nazi Party gain votes.

• Adolf HitlerRelated: The crisis weakened German democracy and expanded support for Hitler’s party.

• Weimar RepublicRelated: The downturn devastated German employment and intensified opposition to parliamentary government.

• Keynesian economicsRelated: Persistent mass unemployment challenged the adequacy of prevailing explanations and policies.

• New DealRelated: Its mass unemployment and financial collapse created the crisis the New Deal confronted.

• Fiscal policyRelated: The crisis challenged confidence in automatic economic recovery and intensified debate over public intervention.

• John Maynard KeynesRelated: The crisis made persistent mass unemployment impossible to explain away as a brief adjustment.

• Bretton Woods systemRelated: Beggar-thy-neighbor devaluations during the Depression were the failure Bretton Woods was designed to prevent.

• Gold standardRelated: Gold-standard constraints limited policy responses and transmitted financial pressure internationally.

• Laissez-faireRelated: The crisis weakened confidence that economies would reliably recover without substantial public action.

• Import substitution industrializationRelated: The collapse of trade forced several Latin American countries to manufacture goods they could no longer import.

• Milton FriedmanRelated: Friedman argued that Federal Reserve failures turned a recession into a catastrophic contraction.

• Nazi PartyRelated: Economic collapse sharply increased support for the Nazi Party in Germany.

• Japanese invasion of ManchuriaRelated: Economic crisis sharpened pressure for resources and intensified political instability in Japan.

• Friedrich HayekRelated: The crisis shaped Hayek’s disputes with Keynes over monetary policy and economic stabilization.

• The Group TheatreRelated: Economic crisis sharpened the company’s interest in class conflict and workers’ lives.

• AppeasementRelated: Economic hardship narrowed the public and governmental appetite for military confrontation.

• Interwar periodRelated: The crash intensified political instability and weakened confidence in liberal governments.

• Pre-Code HollywoodRelated: Economic hardship shaped films' social themes and studios' pursuit of scandalous box-office appeal.

• Woody GuthrieRelated: Its poverty and displacement formed the social world Guthrie sang about.

• Siamese Revolution of 1932Related: Its effects intensified Siam’s budget crisis and made government retrenchment politically contentious.

• Arthur MillerRelated: The Depression damaged Miller’s family business and informed his attention to economic insecurity.

• George VRelated: Its British effects contributed to the formation of a national government in 1931.

• Screwball comedyRelated: Stories of class reversal and wealthy eccentrics offered comic inversions amid economic insecurity.

• Bretton Woods ConferenceRelated: The Depression exposed how currency instability and economic nationalism could deepen a worldwide crisis.

• Paul von HindenburgRelated: Its impact intensified the crisis in which Hindenburg’s governments relied on emergency rule.

• Fox Film CorporationRelated: The downturn weakened Fox’s finances and complicated efforts to retain control of his company.

• Liquidity TrapRelated: The prolonged slump made limits of monetary stimulus a central economic question.

• Fiscal multiplierRelated: Debates over fiscal expansion during the Depression helped shape modern multiplier analysis.

• Unemployment insuranceRelated: Mass unemployment during the crisis strengthened support for public income protection.

• Popular FrontRelated: Economic crisis intensified political polarization and expanded support for anti-fascist coalitions.

• Securities and Exchange CommissionRelated: The depression formed the wider crisis in which Congress built federal market oversight.

• Anastasio Somoza GarcíaRelated: Economic strain and U.S. retrenchment formed part of the setting for his ascent.

• Herbert HooverRelated: The crash and ensuing depression dominated Hoover’s presidency.

• Hoover DamRelated: Dam construction provided jobs during the economic collapse, though planning preceded it.

• The General Theory of Employment, Interest and MoneyRelated: Persistent mass unemployment made the book’s challenge to self-correcting markets urgent.

• AustrofascismRelated: Economic hardship intensified Austria’s political instability before authoritarian rule.

• Calvin CoolidgeRelated: The Depression began months after Coolidge left office, complicating later assessments of his economic policies.

• Hollywood's Golden AgeRelated: Hollywood expanded mass entertainment even as audiences faced economic hardship.

• Lillian HellmanRelated: The era’s inequality and insecurity inform the social conflicts in Hellman’s drama.

• National accountsRelated: The crisis exposed governments’ need for systematic measures of economic activity.

• National SocialismRelated: The crisis accelerated Nazi electoral gains by deepening hardship and distrust of democratic government.

• ReichstagRelated: Economic collapse intensified political polarization and weakened support for parliamentary coalitions.

• Wallace CarothersRelated: Carothers’s career and final years unfolded during this period of widespread economic hardship.

• Eddie CantorRelated: Cantor’s radio and film work provided popular entertainment during the economic crisis of the 1930s.

• Effective demandRelated: Mass unemployment and weak spending made demand deficiency an urgent economic problem.

• Golden Gate BridgeRelated: Construction began during the Depression, when the project provided jobs and relied on bond financing.

• 1932 Summer OlympicsRelated: The economic crisis sharply reduced the number of nations and athletes able to attend.

• Bonnie and ClydeRelated: Economic hardship formed the backdrop for the couple’s crime spree and public image.