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"Great Depression" refers to a severe economic downturn that occurred worldwide during the 1930s. It was a period of widespread unemployment, poverty, and financial hardship.
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- And Indeed, the market was simply starting to bounce back from the bottom of the devastating great depression, the biggest market collapse. (quintuitive.com)
- It is not hard to calculate that Lady Bird graduated in 2007, just before the biggest economic crash since Great Depression happened, leaving her with no prospects of getting a job and in a devastating student loan debt. (veronikasfilmreviews.com)
- The artworks inside the imposing white central pavilion and the medieval dockyard buildings include US photographer Walker Evans's images of poverty - stricken farmers in Great Depression - era southern Alabama and a huge banner by an artist activists» coalition, Gulf Labour, about the exploitation of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates. (theguardian.com)
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