The Challenge of the Continuing Depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9767571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanna C Colcord (Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foicndation, New York City, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1934 |
| Volume | 176 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 14-24 |
| Publication date | 1934-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271623417600103 |
| OpenAlex | W2031146785 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
T IS across an impassable gulf that one looks back to 1929. A crevasse lies between, across which there can be no returning. To do so even in memory is difficult. In retrospect, it seems that there were warnings of the impending convulsion which should have been heeded but were not. During the booming twenties, only such organizations as labor unions, employment bureaus, and social and relief agencies seemed to be aware that prosperity was being accompanied by a rising volume of unemployment. Yet the figures were there for any one to read. The graph shown below by courtesy of the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, New York, clearly shows the results of accelerated mechanization of industry after the panic of 1920-1921, and the beginning in 1929 of the precipitous downward curve of persons engaged in industrial production
Depression (economics · Economics · Keynesian economics · American History and Culture · Economic Theory and Institutions · Medicine · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1940 - 2012 (73) |
| Highly cited | No |