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Golden Fetters: The gold standard and the Great Depression, 1919–1939. 1992. Feinstein. Charles H. The European Economy between the Wars (1997) Garraty, John A. The Great Depression: An Inquiry into the causes, course, and Consequences of the Worldwide Depression of the Nineteen-Thirties, as Seen by Contemporaries and in Light of History (1986)
Technological Innovation and the Great Depression (1995) Temin, Peter. Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression? (1976) Tindall, George B. The Emergence of the New South, 1915–1945 (1967). History of entire region by leading scholar; Trout, Charles H. Boston, the Great Depression, and the New Deal (1977) online; Uys, Errol Lincoln.
Until the start of the COVID-19 recession in 2020, no post-World War II era came anywhere near the depth of the Great Depression. In the Great Depression, GDP fell by 27% (the deepest after demobilization is the recession beginning in December 2007, during which GDP had fallen 5.1% by the second quarter of 2009) and the unemployment rate ...
The Great Depression did not strongly affect Japan. The Japanese economy shrank by 8% during 1929–31. Japan's Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo was the first to implement what have come to be identified as Keynesian economic policies: first, by large fiscal stimulus involving deficit spending; and second, by devaluing the currency ...
1977 – The science-fiction space opera film Star Wars debuts in theaters. 1977 – The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder. 1977 – Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans line the streets of Memphis for his funeral
The events in the United States triggered a worldwide depression, which led to deflation and a great increase in unemployment. In the United States between 1929 and 1933, unemployment soared from 3% of the workforce to 25%, while manufacturing output collapsed by one-third.
U.S. Marshals attempt to start a train during the strike in East St. Louis, Illinois. March 1886 (United States) The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. [20] 1 May 1886 (United States)
September 13 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12009, designating October 1 as the start date for the Department of Energy. [347] September 13 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4519, requesting Americans to observe October 24, 1977 as "Veterans Day". [348]