They included misguided government interference with markets, high income and capital gains taxes, mistaken monetary policy, pressures towards high wages, monopoly, overstocked inventories, uncertainty caused by the reorganization plan for the Supreme Court, rearmament in Europe and fear of war, government encouragement of labor disputes, a savings glut because of population shrinkage, the passing of the frontier, and easy credit before the depression.
Přestože je dnes ekonomická teorie mnohem dokonalejší, zeptáme-li se lidí na příčiny nynější krize, dostaneme povětšinou tytéž odpovědi.