... towards corporate profits. This large gap between the rich and the middle class/poor made the country's economy very unstable. In order for the nation's economy to be stable total demand has to equal total supply. What happened during this time period was that there was an oversupply of ... failing throughout this decade. City banks also suffered from structural weaknesses as well making them vulnerable to bankruptcy as well. Even some of the nation's largest banks were investing heavily into the stock market and making risky loans that could easily cause the bank to lose all their money....

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... lending money to Europeans in astronomical amounts. In this way, in the 4-6 years surrounding WWI, the USA went from a borrowing to a creditor nation. Later, this rapid outflux of money so carelessly was seen as a major cause of declining economy domestically. When the Twenties rolled around, Americans ... and less expensively. This led to higher amounts of production. At some points, the American consumer could not buy the goods as fast as they were produced. Since the economy was in such good shape, many Americans could afford to purchase refrigerators, washing machines, and ... carrie...

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... decreased demand for European exports. The United States also had an edge in emerging industries. The American economy was more dynamic, embracing the fast growing industries such as automobile production. Europeans were heavily committed to older, declining industries, and it was difficult for them to shift to ... factor of instability brought about by the war was the reversal of the change of capital flows. Before WWI, the United States was a debtor nation. We owed vast sums of money to Europe, especially Britain. During the war Europe was not only forced to liquidate their U.S. inve...

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... financing (Kubik, 1996). Some scholars believe that the transition of our society from cash purchases to installment plans helped propel this country into the Great Depression. After the war the fast lifestyle and the associated spending quickly came to a halt and this is believed to be a causative factor in the Great Depression (Kubik, 1996). This, of course, was not the only ... and France were expected to mature into strong democracies and band together with world powers to maintain the peace. They did not. Russia was expected to remain the subservient backward nation that she had be...

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