Abstract:

This article starts with the question whether the Great Depression is inevitable. Investigations have been made on President Hoover's anti-depression policies as well as the expansion of the Depression between 1929 and 1933. Through an analysis of causes of the Depression, a reassessment of Hoover and his policy during the depression has been taken. As a president setting from 1920's to 1930's, Hoover was more unfortunate rather than unable, helpless rather than powerless. Some of his policies gave clues to his successors.