The stock market crash in October of 1929 was not the sole cause of the major economic downturn.
In fact, the problems started much earlier in the, now, familiar roaring 20s, with over- spending-loose-lending practices, and the confidence that the good times would never end.
The <a href="http://www.thisgreatdepression.com/start-of-1929-great-depression">start of the 1929 great depression</a> and the just-passed, roaring 90s and the market bubbles of early 2000s, has many similarities.
To read more about the comparisons between then and now, you can visit http://www.ThisGreatDepression.com
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