An uncomfortable history of the Great Depression

Authors

  • Juan Pablo Chamón Saucedo Libera Bolivia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55614/27093824.v7i2.215

Keywords:

Gran Depresión, economía, historia

Abstract

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (HarperCollins, 2007), by Amity Shlaes, is a rigorous, though uncomfortable for many, attempt to restore moral depth to a moment that is often treated as a mere economic phenomenon. In a time marked by an almost religious confidence in technical solutions, the author, an economist by training and a historian by vocation, dares to suggest that the crash of 1929 not only swept away banks and jobs, but also certainties about the place of power in a free society. And that the remedy applied from Washington, the New Deal, may have aggravated the very thing it sought to cure: the breakdown of civic order.

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References

Shlaes, A. (2007). The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. HarperCollins.

Published

2024-12-31

How to Cite

An uncomfortable history of the Great Depression. (2024). Revista Fe Y Libertad, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.55614/27093824.v7i2.215

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