1. The Great Depression
... tighter. Adolph Miller of the Federal Reserve Board was able to take control of policy. The problem began because Miller believed that speculation was causing share prices to be too high, and that this was damaging the economy. Herbert Hoover, who had just been elected President, backed this idea and together they set out to bring down the stock market. In ... of member banks to make broker loans, while the other contributor to the crash was President Herbert Hoover's public comments, supported by Adolph Miller's views, that stock prices were too high. After months of warning, banks wer...
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