O aglomerado de erros: a Grande Depressão Americana, a historiografia mainstream e a escola austríaca de economia

Abstract

This monograph deals with the 1929 playmaker in the United States, commonly known as the Great Depression. It aims to criticize the two most common explanations for the crisis in mainstream historiography, namely, that of Hobsbawm and Jeffry Frieden; to present the interpretation of the Austrian School of Economics about the historical fact, so that such school of thought is introduced in the academic debate in the area of History, and can also serve as a beginning of an academic debate between different theses and a starting point for a discussion about the creation of good public policies. In this work's methodology, we used the analysis of primary sources, such as official statistics from the US Central Bank, as well as secondary sources. The results obtained were satisfactory, since the Austrian thought was clearly presented, the historiographic criticisms to the explanation of the mainstream were consistent, and a fruitful debate can be built from the present work. As a conclusion, we clearly demonstrate the Austrian thesis, we present evidence that reinforces it even more, and with regard to the historiographical debate, we place a strong doubt on the explanation brought by the two criticized authors.