Economics Professor Answers Great Depression Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Economics professor Christopher Clarke joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about The Great Depression. What caused The Great Depression? How bad as The Great Depression? What did people eat? How was the military affected during the Great Depression? What would happen if there were another run on banks like in 1929? What affect did Herbert Hoover's policies have? Who made it through the Great Depression easiest? Answers to these questions and many more await on Great Depression support. 0:00 Great Depression Support 0:15 How bad was The Great Depression? 0:59 What caused The Great Depression? 4:16 Who decides it’s a Great Depression? 4:55 Failing to see what’s so “great” about it honestly 5:28 Smoot-Hawley Act 7:01 Great Dust Bowl 9:28 How was the military affected during the Great Depression? 10:18 Getting a lot of “Great Depression” vibes from this 11:31 Who made it through the Great Depression easiest? 12:32 Hoovervilles 13:29 Hoover’s Policies 14:55 FDR’s Fireside Chats 15:34 The Gold Standard 17:27 Hands off our gold, Uncle Sam 18:39 FDIC 19:53 What would happen if there were another run on banks? 20:43 The New Deal 22:52 Great Depression cuisine 23:17 Where was the fed during The Great Depression? 25:19 Fabled market crash reactions 25:37 Works Progress Administration 26:48 WW2 and The Great Depression Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Christopher Clarke Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Supervising Casting Producer: Thomas Giglio Camera Operator: Yuki Soga Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe... Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►Instagram: wired Twitter ►►Twitter: wired Facebook ►►Facebook: wired Tik Tok ►►TikTok: wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.