What caused the great depression

Though many believe the Great Depression was caused solely on the Stock Market crash, it also had to do with the increase in the spending on new products created during the Roaring Twenties.

The causes of the Great Depression in the early 20th Century are a matter of active debate among economists, and are part of the larger debate about economic crisis, although the common belief is that theGreat Depression was triggered by the 1929 crash of the stock market.