The main question of the book, why did the Great Depression last so long, is simply not answered in this book. From that failed premise, things go downhill. Maybe the author THINKS she wrote a book about the common man's experiences during the depression, but I read a book that ceaselessly criticized New Deal attempts to stop starvation and economic disaster. If you really want to see the country go back to the gold standard (and base our entire economy on a single, naturally-occurring element that you have no control over where and when it is discovered in the natural world), this is the book for you.
