OLDEP - Lessons from the Great Depression

Course Description

The course will cover events in the 1920's leading up to the start of The Great Depression, including ominous parallels between the 1920's and the 2020's. I will suggest that the Depression did not start with the infamous stock market crashes of late 1929, but that the seeds were sown following the end of WW I and subsequent events throughout the 1920’s. We will discuss political and economic conditions during the 1930's and the early years of WW II with detailed examination of the lives of a diverse group of Americans who provided first-hand accounts of their lives during this tumultuous period of American life. There will be a discussion of lessons learned with questions and comments solicited. Type: Discussion and Lecture.

Notes

Instructor: Ed Linz

Location: Zoom