Abstract
PurposeThis paper seeks compare the current financial and economic problems with the problems facing the world economy in the 1930s.Design/methodology/approachThe paper argues that the Great Depression and the current problems have similar causes – excessive speculation, leading to a financial collapse that then results in an economic collapse. It then looks at the work of John Maynard Keynes to help solve the current problems.FindingsThe paper advocates a large public works program plus a number of policies to help US homeowners and thereby stabilize housing prices.Originality/valueThe paper provides a way out of the current economic and financial problems, and a way to avoid another Great Depression.
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