consumer society
Notes
-Horrors of WWI are over
-Horrors of spanish flu
-War veterans returning home
-Economy is booming
-Everyone is employed
-People are spending money
-Woman's rights brought to the front/woman can vote
-Horrors of WWI are over
-Horrors of spanish flu
-War veterans returning home
-Economy is booming
-Everyone is employed
-People are spending money
-Woman's rights brought to the front/woman can vote
Quote: "It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul." - Heraclitus
Political cartoon
BIG Question; Would there have been such a harsh crash if there was not a consumer society?
Summary
At this time in the states everyone was employed, everyone was making money, and so they began to buy things, a lot of things. This turned into a consumer society and the economy of the states boomed.
At this time in the states everyone was employed, everyone was making money, and so they began to buy things, a lot of things. This turned into a consumer society and the economy of the states boomed.