According to the Text: "Many Economists Link the Severity of the Great

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Essay

According to the text: "many economists link the severity of the Great Depression of the 1930s to the breakdown in the banking system's ability to provide financial services." The beginning of the Great Depression also coincided with a stock market crash. Why might the problems of the banking system have been more damaging to the economy than the problems on the stock market?

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Definitions:

Return Promise

An agreement in a contract where one party promises to perform an action in response to the performance of a second party.

Objective Standard

An objective standard refers to a legal criterion that is based on factual measurements or external circumstances, rather than personal opinions or feelings.

Contractual Obligations

A legal duty that arises from agreements made between parties, requiring them to act or refrain from acting in certain ways.

Unliquidated Debt

Debt for which the parties either dispute the fact that any money is owed or agree that some money is owed but dispute the amount.