Although we are prepared to spend dizzying sums on health care no one seems quite sure what health is. The World Health Organization made a bold offer in 1948. Their definition of health is ânot merely the absence of disease or infirmity but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-beingâ. But this utopian vision is an unattainable ideal, bearing no relation to the struggles of real people in an imperfect world.
Global comparison of severity. The Great Depression began in the United States of America and quickly spread worldwide. It had severe effects in countries both rich and poor. Personal income, consumption, industrial output, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%.
Women, Impact of the Great Depression on. The Great Depression affected women and men in quite different ways. The economy of the period relied heavily on so-called sex-typed work, or work that employers typically assigned to one sex or the other.