The government created the great depression

"My opponent does not list why there was mass production of goods"Cant believe I have to waste character space over this. The reason why there was a mass production of goods in the 1920's leading up to the great depression was because new technology allowed the mass production of goods to happen, namely the creation of the assembly line and profusion of electricity. http://en.wikipedia.org...http://en.wikipedia.org...http://www.crestcapital.com...http://www.engr.sjsu.edu...The reason mass production was possible was due to new techniques of manufacturing and increased productivity due to electricity becoming widespread, the creation of the assembly line, advent of standardized parts, etc. Not a government bubble.... This is the picture the Pro showed to argue that the government must have intervened in business since spending is so high. However if you look at the graph you see spending spike in 1920 (WWI) Then drop all the way back down during the 1920's, and then it only creeps back up until 1932 when FDR started his private works program. From the years of 1900 to 1950 you see spending by the government only go up in 1918 (which was WWI), then it drops down after the war ends, stays very low from 1920 to 1930 when the roaring 1920's was going on, and then it only creeps up as a result of FDR's New Deal policies in the Mid 1930's once the Depression is in full spin, eventually climaxing when WWII comes around. So the point is you can clearly see how the US was very UN-involved in business during the 1920's leading up to the Great Depression....As for the link to your other photos, the link doesnt show any pictures since the link says that these are your private photos so neither the voters nor I can actually see what you are talking about...."My opponent then claims the vernment was non interventionist, and claims I agree." - Pro in round 4But you yourself said that the government was to little involved after already saying that the government artificially pushed the market...."Now people may think I will argue they did to much, but on the contrary they did to little" - Pro in round 1" I think my opponent has actually forgot that the government actually helped create the boom, and through federal reserve policies made it grow at an even faster rate through inflation and credit."The federal reserve didnt invent electricity that helped factories produce more goods. The federal reserve didnt give industries the assembly line, mass production, and standardized parts that greatly increased production. The federal reserve didnt create the stock market where people could buy and sell stocks with so much risk involved. The federal reserve didnt cause the stock market to crash which contributed to the great depression more than anything elseThe federal reserve didnt make wages low so that people couldnt consume the products being mass producedThe federal reserve didnt cause European countries to lie in shambles during World War I The federal reserve didnt cause banks to loan money to people with terrible credit or use peoples money in the stock marketThe only thing the federal reserve did was manipulate interest rates in an effort to fight deflation which may have had some negative effects on the entire situation of the Great Depression, but it did not single handedly cause the Great Depression. "My opponent totally forgot the argument that if the government didn't artificially push the markets the bust would have never occured."How could the government artificially push the markets if government spending was low, if the government had a hands off policy with all things regarding business, and the government intervention that did take place after the Depression already happened had barely any effect at all? I didnt forget those arguments I showed how the government didnt push the markets at all?"My opponents first claim is the high wages may have hurt buisness, but did not destroy them. The thing he forgets is it is estimated these policies lead to a 66% decrease in productivity in the market in which the policies affected. [5]"Its funny that the Pro says that productivity decreased 66% when his own source shows that productivity almost routinely increased every year throughout the 1920'shttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk...(See page 36)So new policies did not destroy businesses sicne business productivity was at an all time high before the great depression struck...."My opponent actually drops te majority of my analysis in my argument. My opponent claims many things cause deflation, yet forgets productivity actually fell due to governnt wage policies in the late 1920s"Funny thing is that productivity was at an all time high in the late 1920's"My opponent also forgets just because something causes this does not mean we can shift blame, as this is all linked to the fed"I like how the pro says we cannot shift blame for something that can be caused by many things and then in the same sentence shifts the blame to the fed...."What my opponent also forgets is the banks where highly regulated"Pro must be hallucinating since bank regulation in the 1920's was non existent..."Although there were signs that significant problems were developing within the then-existing decentralized and largely unregulated banking industry during the 1920s, these signs were either unappreciated or simply ignored by the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover Administrations."http://www.helium.com..."As the people where trying to get rich fast due to a boom, and they likely knew to hop on the boom jump off near the bust"Thats exactly what didnt happen since millions of people had every penny to their name invested into the stock market before it crashed......http://www.awesomestories.com..."My opponent admits th emoney was from the government, therefore this argument helps my side."Funny how that I said no such thing"So to summarize this argument the government did play a role, but they were only half the reason it happened, the other half came from banks." - Me in round 3Way to misquote me and lie about it Pro...Conclusion: The Great Depression was caused by a multitude of things that a majority of which were not caused by the government or a FED bubble, 1) Overproduction of goods by industries due to new technologies expanding productivity2) Numerous bank failures due to over-lending to people of bad credit3) Deflation of prices caused by overproduction of goods4) Low wages by workers making consumption of goods very low both before and after the stock market crashed5) Over investment into the very unstable stock market by investors gambling with everything6) Bank failures also caused by mishandling people's own savings in the stock market which was later lost7) Breakdown in international trade and foreign investment following World War I8) Hoarding of wealth by consumers following the crash leading to the Great DepressionI hope I fulfilled my BOP, Thank you for reading :)