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BOOM (Prosperity)

Stock Prices Soar in Unregulated Market: “Buying on Margin,” “Insider Trading,”. Businesses Expand Production Further. BOOM (Prosperity). Inventions such as Automobile Changes America’s society. Businesses Expand Production: Build More Factories/Stores, Hire More Workers.

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BOOM (Prosperity)

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  1. Stock Prices Soar in Unregulated Market:“Buying on Margin,” “Insider Trading,” Businesses Expand Production Further BOOM(Prosperity) Inventions such as Automobile Changes America’s society Businesses Expand Production: Build More Factories/Stores, Hire More Workers High Consumer Spending (Installment Buying (Credit), luxury Items) Laissez-faire Gov. Policies… Low Taxes High Tariffs on Foreign goods

  2. The Circular Flow of Economic Activity Labor $ Businesses (Producers/ Employers) Workers/ Consumers $ Products

  3. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices

  4. Decline in Construction

  5. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices Decline in Construction of New Homes Domestic Demand Begins to Drop Investors Buy U.S. Stocks Instead of Lending to Europe Europeans Can’t Afford to Buy American Products (Tariffs)

  6. Tariff Increases Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930) October 1929… President Hoover publicly pledged to sign the Hawley-Smoot Tariff which would raise tariffs on some goods as high as 60%.

  7. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices Decline in Construction of New Homes Domestic Demand Begins to Drop Investors Buy U.S. Stocks Instead of Lending to Europe Europeans Can’t Afford to Buy American Products (Tariffs) Businesses Cut Back on Production… Lay Off Workers Domestic Demand Drops Even More Businesses Overvalued… Stock Market Crashes

  8. The Stock Market Crash October 24: “Black Tuesday,” Dow Jones Dropped 12.8% as 16.4 million shares were traded October 29: “Black Thursday,” Dow Jones Dropped an additional 12%, losing $14 billion in value Total Losses were $30 billion in one week (10 times the Federal Budget in 1929)

  9. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices Decline in Construction of New Homes Domestic Demand Begins to Drop Investors Buy U.S. Stocks Instead of Lending to Europe Europeans Can’t Afford to Buy American Products Businesses Cut Back on Production… Lay Off Workers Domestic Demand Drops Even More Businesses Overvalued… Stock Market Crashes Stock Investors Can’t Repay Loans to Banks

  10. Bank Runs Banks Only Keep a Fraction of Depositors’ Cash on Hand… Banks Cannot Give Everyone Their Money at the Same Time

  11. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices Decline in Construction of New Homes Domestic Demand Begins to Drop Investors Buy U.S. Stocks Instead of Lending to Europe Europeans Can’t Afford to Buy American Products Businesses Cut Back on Production… Lay Off Workers Domestic Demand Drops Even More Businesses Overvalued… Stock Market Crashes Stock Investors Can’t Repay Loans to Banks Bank “Runs” Occur as Banks Run Out of Cash

  12. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices Decline in Construction of New Homes Domestic Demand Begins to Drop Investors Buy U.S. Stocks Instead of Lending to Europe Europeans Can’t Afford to Buy American Products Businesses Cut Back on Production… Lay Off Workers Domestic Demand Drops Even More Businesses Overvalued… Stock Market Crashes Stock Investors Can’t Repay Loans to Banks Bank “Runs” Occur as Banks Run Out of Cash Panicked Consumers Stop Spending/Investing

  13. Business Failures

  14. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices Decline in Construction of New Homes Domestic Demand Begins to Drop Investors Buy U.S. Stocks Instead of Lending to Europe Europeans Can’t Afford to Buy American Products Businesses Cut Back on Production… Lay Off Workers Domestic Demand Drops Even More Businesses Overvalued… Stock Market Crashes Stock Investors Can’t Repay Loans to Banks Bank “Runs” Occur as Banks Run Out of Cash Panicked Consumers Stop Spending/Investing Businesses Fail

  15. Unemployment 1/3 of the Nation Becomes Unemployed!

  16. Bust(Great Depression) Farmers Produce Surplus in 1920s… Low Crop Prices Decline in Construction of New Homes Domestic Demand Begins to Drop Investors Buy U.S. Stocks Instead of Lending to Europe Europeans Can’t Afford to Buy American Products Businesses Cut Back on Production… Lay Off Workers Domestic Demand Drops Even More Businesses Overvalued… Stock Market Crashes Stock Investors Can’t Repay Loans to Banks Bank “Runs” Occur as Banks Run Out of Cash Panicked Consumers Stop Spending/Investing Businesses Fail Unemployment Increases

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