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Capitalism and greed did not cause the Great Depression of the 1930s. Nor did they cause the Great Recession of 2007–2009.

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Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed economists who discussed the causes of the Great Depression.