Great Depression
Key Players
Economic Ideas
100

This 1929 event triggered the economic collapse.


What is the Wall Street Crash?


100

This economist argued government should intervene during recessions.

Who is John Maynard Keynes?

100

Total spending across the economy is called this.

What is aggregate demand?


200

This global economic crisis led to mass unemployment and deflation.


What is the Great Depression?


200

This economist believed markets self-correct without interference.


Who is Friedrich von Hayek?


200

This term describes how emotions influence economic behavior.

What are animal spirits?


300

One major economic symptom during this period was falling prices, also known as this.


What is deflation?

300

This was the main debate between key economists duringThe Great Depression.

What is the role of government in the economy?


300

This paradox explains why saving more in a recession can make it worse.


What is the Paradox of Thrift?


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