2024-11-28 04:22:55
A depression is a protracted, in the case of the Great Depression years-long, recession. The tariffs are a “trigger” because they helped make what would have been a recession into a depression. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-1) Author
2024-11-28 08:56:47
The Smoot-Hawley tarriff is definitely credited with spreading the Great Depression world-wide, while it may be slightly misleading, it's not an entirely incorrect historical opinion to have. The op says "a principal trigger" so they clearly seem to be nuanced. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-1) Author