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Economics at the Movies: Seabiscuit and the Depression

Geoff Riley

31st August 2011

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There is a scene at the start of Chapter 4 in the DVD version of Seabiscuit in which the background to the Great Depression of the 1930s is explained. The film itself provides an evocative and compelling story and might be a good one to use when teaching the difference between a recession and an economic depression - although Seabiscuit does not provide the main explanation for lifting the USA out of a deep slump! Here is a link to the main movie trailer…

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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