Unequal distribution of wealth led to the Great Depression. Her class is about 75 minutes. Weve spent the last few weeks considering how americans adapted to abundance between the 1890s and 1920s. Despite the efforts of producers, advertisers, of retailers and of others, the supply of goods continue to outstrip demand. This wasnt because all everyone, all 106 million americans, had everything they needed. It was because they didnt have adequate purchasing power. They didnt have adequate wages or income to buy all of that stuff. And it wasnt just americans who were in this situation, but so too were our trading partners around the world. They didnt have enough income to buy all of the commodities we were producing in our fields and all of the wonderful things that we are our factories were making. So by the end of the 1920s, the American Economy went bust. You guys all know this. You all know that the stock get crashed in 1929. The World Economy went bust as well. A worldwide economic d
Latest night, im going to start with you. Give us an overview of your fact check of last night. Glenn were running out of superlatives during the Republican Convention. One night we called it the tsunami of untruths. For trump we called it a tidal wave of tall tales false claims and revisionist history. Thats certainly what we saw. We did 25 separate claims of false or misleading statements that fact checked false or misleading statements the president made and that was probably just scratching the surface. Did 25 separate claims of false or misleading state that fact check we wrote book on his false statements and hes lived up to his reputation as someone that will say things not based in any reality. We have heard to our mind listening to the president s speech, theres a lot of things ive heard before. Im wondering for you as a factchecker, did you hear anything new that needed to be fact checked . Jonathan glenn, that reminds me , listening to the president s speech, im wondering fo
We were running out of superlatives. We called a tall tale of false creams and revisionist history. That is certainly what we saw. We did 25 separate claims of false or misleading state that fact check as false and misleading statement the president made. And that was probably just scratching the surface. We have wrote a whole book on what we call his assault on the truth and his propensity to say false and misleading things. He certainly lived up to our expectations in his reputation, as someone who will say things that are often not based in any reality. Jonathan glenn, that reminds me listening to the president s speech, im wondering for you as a fact checker, did you hear anything new that needed to be fact checked . Wefactcheck factcheck the democrats on a daily basis. He had a line about cash bail where he was criticizing biden for supporting a policy that governor Chris Christie of new jersey has implemented. That popped up in the past week, but we were prepared because we had s
Stuff. And it wasnt just americans who were in the situation but so too were our trading partners around the world. They didnt have enough income to buy all the commodities we were producing in our fields and all the wonderful things our factories were making. So by the end of the 1920s the American Economy went bust. You all know the stock market crashed in 1929 and the World Economy went bust as well, a worldwide economic depression set in that lasted between 1929 and wasnt officially over until 1942. What was called the Great Depression could be considered a crisis of abundance. It brought attention to purchasing power and in doing so it ended up politicizing consumption. We talked a lot about how consumer culture rose to be at the very center of american culture. And i keep telling you we need to consider politics, and today is the day we will think about how consumption became plit politicized. So heres a graphic that typifies the usual story that historians tell about the Great D
From the heart which the news york times called a deeply felt kingly observed account and mrs. Bush conjures a hometown with enormous detail later system and feeling. Tonight mrs. Bush will be interviewed by Cokie Roberts and we are all delighted to look on her back to the Smithsonian Associates event. Copies of mrs. Bushs book which she has already signed are available in the lobby. Because of her schedule there will not be any personalization of the books after the program. Before we begin i would like to remind all of you to have your cell phones or Electronic Devices silenced and im going to do that with mine too. [laughter] additionally no photos are allowed during the program from cell phone cameras or any other cameras. We appreciate your cooperation on both of these items. As ive mentioned we are pleased to have Cokie Roberts. Conversation with mrs. Bush are cookies a senior news analyst for npr news where she was a Congressional Correspondent for more than 10 years. Additional