Great depression Quote by Gary Taubes

“In the late 1800s, average consumption was 5 pounds a year per person; today, the figure has increased to an average of 135 pounds…

— Deborah Kesten

“an absurdly parsimonious monetary policy helped bring about the Great Depression.”

— Charles River Editors

I once read that more millionaires per capita were created during the Great Depression than at any other time in history.

— Harry S. Dent

By 1929, 5 percent of the population received one-third of the nation's income. The structural weaknesses of this economy plunged the nation into the Great Depression.

— Heather Cox Richardson

“The annual sugar intake of the average Englishman rose from near zero in the early seventeenth century to around eight kilograms in the early…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Understanding the true causes of the Depression, as well as the real economic record of the United States in the 1930s, is an essential…

— Thomas Woods

The Depression, which started in 1929 was rather mild from 1929 to 1930. And, indeed, in my opinion would have been over in 1931…

— Milton Friedman

I think there is universal agreement within the economics profession that the decline - the sharp decline in the quantity of money played a…

— Milton Friedman

Sugar was an issue in the '80s, so you would see low-sugar products; fat was an issue in the '90s, so you'd see low-fat…

— Michael Moss

“Depression is possessed by Gravity whereas A deep aspiration fueled by Will can defy any Gravity...”

— Dinesh Kumar

People of each generation in the twentieth century "were three times more likely to experience depression" than people of the preceding generation.

— Max Lucado

In the U.S., the incidence of diabetes has increased proportionately with the per capita consumption of sugar.

— Frederick Banting