Many rich people were in the stock market, and if that was their major asset, they were very suddenly broke. If people had other assets--land, gold, and particularly cash. they didn't lose everything and in fact bought assets from those who had no cash (cars, land, etc.). Then after the Depression became much richer as a result.
wealthy people became rich in the great depression by collecting all the cheese from around the twon to sell to the peasents at a high price. wealthy people became rich in the great depression by collecting all the cheese from around the twon to sell to the peasents at a high price. wealthy people became rich in the great depression by collecting all the cheese from around the twon to sell to the peasents at a high price. wealthy people became rich in the great depression by collecting all the cheese from around the twon to sell to the peasents at a high price.
Many people, both rich and not so rich lost all they had. Investments collapsed to no value. Banks closed and all the accounts people had in them vanished. Some rich people rode the great depression through with little difficulty, but few were totally unaffected by it.
It was greed of the rich and is now doing the same thing today
Right now, during the Great Depression, and many other times.
She was making over 250,000 a year from films & merchandise during the great depression. So yeah, she was rich
We are more in a recession, not a real depression, but it will have similar characteristics due to the government because the government will take control of everything and eliminate the middle class in a Marxist fashion. Like in the Great Depression, there is only really rich, and poor.
there was a lot of job losses and poor crops grown (food shortage)
Hoover was alive during the great depression. He was rich enough that it did not personally affect his way of life.
MILLIONS From rich people, and por people lost everything.
Farmers produce. Farmers Produce Farmers Produce
Where did the great depression.... WHAT???-The BOLD explainer ;)
average people , basically every one but the rich. people loosed jobs prices rose high