There was not as many qualifications in the 1920’s to take a loan from the bank as there is now. Back in the 1920s, basically anyone can take a loan from any bank without as many qualifications it takes to have now to take a loan out resulting to people constantly taking loans out without any regard to putting the money back. Many people who took out loans were not able to pay the bank back or did not have the jobs or working experience to work for the money and return it to the bank. The banks slowly lost money and stopped giving loans. Qualifications started to be a requirement to take loans, otherwise the banks would go broke and the federal government would have a big problem.
The FDIC was created in 1933 in response to the thousands of bank failures that occurred in the 1920s and early 1930s. The FDIC was a provision of the Glass-Steagall Act. During the nine year period from 1921-1929 more than 600 banks failed each year. The failed banks were small banks operating in the rural suburban areas and held the deposits of mostly farmers and blue collar folks. When banks fold and continue to do so, people will start to worry about their money in any bank.
The industrialist leaders were robber barons throughout the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was a term coined by Mark Twain to label an era defined for its corporate and political greed and corruption; furthermore, monopolies created by industrial leaders grew to prosperity. For instance, John D. Rockefeller was an American businessman who dabbled in the oil industry. Rockefeller practiced horizontal integration where he would ally with, buy out, or undermine competitors to monopolize his business. This allowed him to acquire the vast majority of the oil industry thus empowering Rockefeller to control the latter by forcing his competitors into bankruptcy.
One of the reasons many of these big businesses got away with their robber baronistic ways was the
Debbie Aguilar March 20, 2015 History Robber Barons During the Gilded Age, from 1870 to 1900, there were two different groups of people who shaped living in one way or another; one of them was the Robber Barron. The robber barons were a group who controlled about 76% of the population. Some men in the robber baron group who were widely known as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and James Buchanan Duke, were seen as greedy pigs.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt died he left his $100 million fortune to his son William Vanderbilt and they both had the same attitude. During the Gilded Age these big business and their owners were thought of as being Robber Barons or Captains of Industry. The poor working conditions that were provided, the corruption they led in government, and their use of child labor shows that they were Robber Barons. Children were used in labor to work a lot and most days of the week. Kids as young as 5 often worked as much as 12 to 14 hours a day for barely any pay.
During the late 1800s there was a time period called the “Gilded Age”. The Gilded Age is a time period the economy was struggling along with the people of the era. Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison were some examples of successful business owners and Robber Barons of that time. Robber Barons were the people who stole money from the public along with natural resources such as soil, land, etc. These men were supposed to be great leaders, but instead they enforce horrible working conditions.
America went through a time of industrialization in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. There were many influential people in that time such as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. Many of these men were divided into two groups. The first was the titans of industry and the second were robber barons. Many people today wonder why Americans at that time divided these people up into these groups.
Thus, it stands to reason that the article’s purpose is to support the argument that predatory lending practices are at fault for the debt young adults experience. Macias uses personal experience immediately peppering in researched data to support his findings and conclusions on how the credit card industry wholeheartedly takes advantage of young America. His article captures the reader’s focus by appealing to pathos and tugging at pity in the reciting of how Macias was taken advantage of by credit lenders. Carlos Macias’s argument for the debt accrued by college aged adults being the fault of the credit card companies themselves roots itself in his rhetoric. From his skillful hooking of the audience with information garnered from personal experience to the utilization of logos throughout the paper presenting itself as careful and reliable research.
Benjamin Franklin once said “ He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” (Lifehack Quotes, P.1) This era of becoming “money hungry” began in the Gilded Age which occurred around 1877-1917. The industrialists of the 19th/20th century were Robber Barons who used questionable practices to acquire their wealth. Andrew Carnegie, The Vanderbilt family, JP Morgan, and John D Rockefeller were all Robber Barons because they only donated money to make themselves look better, they took advantage of their workers, and exploited other business companies.
In the documentary In Debt We Trust by, Schechter talks about how the mall has replaced the factory as America’s dominant economic engine. The film shows how big banks and credit cards companies drive Americans to become sheep. Schechter is clear when he says that a bubble could burst, and comparison of the USA today is comparable to Rome before its fall (Schechter 358). Government loans are comparable to “mafia loan” because of their outrageous interest rates. In Debt We Trust shows behind the scenes of what the big banks and credit card companies do to their targets.
Coming from World War I, you will see that America has changed a lot. There are a lot of new products becoming popular. I will be going over what I think were good investments in the 1920s. I would invest in Ford Motor Company. I would do this because they sold a lot of cars in the 1920s.
Businesses use different methods to help the making and profits of a group of people. The business practices from the late 1800s were beneficial to America. The main new practices used were corporations and social Darwinism. Corporations are groups that sell stock shares. These stocks provided money to people who invested or bought part of these stocks, also stockholders would only lose what money they invested if a company failed.
After the Roaring 20s, a great turning point happened with not only America’s economic downfall but on the American popular culture as well. In the 1930s, the Great Depression lurched the entertainment industries causing the citizens to escape from the depression of reality during the time . The Great Depression was charged with many contradictions, but once the economy became a downfall, popular culture collapsed as well. Popular culture reflected and advocated the activities of presidential decisions, such as President Franklin Roosevelt with the decision of the “New Deal” programs for economic recovery . It also brought competing images and different meanings of propaganda.
A major difference between the 1920s and the 1990s economy boom and bust was the monetary policies that were in place at the time. The United States in the 1920s was on the gold exchange standard and in the 1990s America was on a floating exchange rate (Meitzer 2000). Throughout most of the 1920s decade the American dollar was undervalued. Many argue that the gold exchange standard was partly to blame for the boom in United Sates economy which led to the credit bubble and stock market crash of 1929 (Bernanke 2001).
