Income Inequality and the Great
In terms of American history, the Great Depression looms over the U.S. like some sort of mythological ogre, albeit an economic one, and this ogre frightens politicians and the public alike. Economists, historians, and others have debated the causes of the Great Depression ever since it happened, with a number of theories to explain the worst economic collapse in the history of the world, but the most likely theory is a rather simple one: economic inequality. The truth is that too much wealth was accumulated in the hands of too few people who did not use it for the benefit of the national economy.