Could the Great Depression Be Describes a Time of Desperation?

The Great Depression could not be described as a time of complete economic desperation; it was however a time of social adversity. While many millions of people endured the harsh conditions that occurred during the Depression, the hardship was not uniform; the levels of people's suffering and their despair varied greatly depending on their class and country. In the United States, where the economic crash first occurred, many businesses closed down due to bankruptcy or reduced their output or employee numbers in order to stay solvent in the unstable economic atmosphere. However, there were individual businesses and even entire industries that survived effortlessly and even prospered. There were also many social issues that individuals had to deal with during the Depression; homelessness, education, health and unemployment. Although these problems became a concern to all members of society, it was mostly those who were already on the bottom of the social ladder who became despairing. …