History A-Level
Depression and state intervention
What Depression and state intervention means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Depression and state intervention
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Great Depression after 1929, its causes and unemployment, and the government's shifting response from orthodox retrenchment towards intervention.
Topics that use Depression and state intervention
- Economic development and policies, 1918–89 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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