When politicians, newscasters and pundits invoke The Great Depression...do they know what they are speaking of? The magnitude of the event defies modern understanding. Can we imagine seven to ten million people roaming the suburbs (today's ratio to the estimate of wandering men in the 1930's), looking for food or a quick job? Unemployment rates of up to 25%? Rotting piles of food in farms while others starve in the cities. Huge price drops that few can benefit from. Not just a downtick on the 401K - but a complete wipeout of savings.It's timely now to look at The Great Depression, its myriad possible causes, its effects on people on the time, its impact on politics and its importance to history While we're at it, we'll take a look at the New Deal and try to answer the question: did the New Deal cure The Great Depression? The answer, in my opinion is not in FDR's success, but in a mistake that he made... Grab a seat. This is a bit of a long podcast, researched for some time and written before the election (hence the 'whoever becomes President'). read less