Analysis of the Great Depression of 1929-1939. Speculatin on causes as depicted in three books. Lack of
government regulations
on business, market speculators, Capitalist system.
Government's role in overcoming the Depression. Social welfare initiatives. The New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Emergence of black voters & transfer of political loyalty from Republican to Democrat. Contends there is no satisfactory answer to why the Depression lasted as long as it did.