... on." (169) However, most people see the Wall Street crash of 1929 as the cause of the Depression. After start of the Depression, world leaders started to formulate ways to end it. The first idea that most countries had was to limit trade. Hoover signed the Hawly-Smoot protective tariff, which he was advised by economist not to. Great Britain also adopted the protective imperial preference system. In Europe " country ... issued a tax increase, and stopped public works. The United States was warned that also of the possibility of a slump and therefore Roosevelt asked congress for a budget...

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