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In utero exposure to the Great Depression is reflected in late-life epigenetic aging signatures. [PDF]
Research on maternal-fetal epigenetic programming argues that adverse exposures to the intrauterine environment can have long-term effects on adult morbidity and mortality.
Schmitz LL, Duque V.
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Non-Monetary Effects of the Financial Crisis in the Propagation of the Great Depression
This paper examines the effects of the financial crisis of the 1930s onthe path of aggregate output during that period. Our approach is complementary to that of Friedman and Schwartz, who emphasized the monetary impact of the bank failures; we focus on ...
Ben Bernanke
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The Great Crash and the Onset of the Great Depression [PDF]
This paper argues that the collapse of stock prices in October 1929 generated temporary uncertainty about future income which led consumers to forgo purchases of durable goods. That the Great Crash generated uncertainty is evidenced by the decline in surety expressed by contemporary forecasters. That this uncertainty affected consumer behavior is shown
Christina Romer
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The Effects of the Great Depression on Children’s Intergenerational Mobility [PDF]
This article examines the role of the Great Depression in shaping the intergenerational mobility of some of the most upwardly mobile cohorts of the twentieth century.
Martha J. Bailey+3 more
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The Great Depression Revisited [PDF]
The fateful days of the great stock market crash entered modem history almost 50 years ago to this day. The cyclic turning point of the U. S. economy oc curred, however, around June 1929, and economic activity receded substantial ly over the subsequent months. The onset of an economic downswing thus became clearly visible before the famous crash.
James L. Butkiewicz, Karl Brünner
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From starvation to depression: unveiling the link between the great famine and late-life depression [PDF]
Background The Great Famine in China from 1959 to 1961 is recognized as one of the most severe social and public health disasters of the 20th century, with profound long-term impacts on the health of survivors, particularly on their mental health.
Lin Guo+7 more
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The Impact of the Great Depression in Ecuador
This investigation started with an inquiry: did the Great Depression impact Latin America similarly? Does the case of Ecuador represent a point of dissimilarity? Ecuador does represent an atypical case in the region.
Cristian Paúl Naranjo Navas+2 more
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Pinocchio of the Red Decade: On Stage and on Screen [PDF]
Walt Disney’s studio created second full-length film Pinocchio in 1940. Its plot and interpretation of the characters were significantly different from the Carlo Collodi’s novel.
Yulia A. Kleiman
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Easy Living (M. Leisen, 1937) ou l’anti-Capra : l’idéal démocratique à l’épreuve
The Great Depression significantly influenced the Hollywood movie production of the 1930s. As with Social Dramas, Hollywood Comedies, and more specifically the Romantic Comedies of Frank Capra or Preston Sturges, called into question the status of ...
Toufic El-Khoury
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Island of Totalitarinism: Macbeth by Orson Welles [PDF]
By the time of the eventual success of the premiere of Macbeth (1936) directed by Orson Welles as part of the Harlem Negro project by FTP, the African American theater already had its own small but remarkable history.
Yulia A. Kleiman
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