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market because they had a lot of



                                                                                                                                         money from the public. However,




                                                                                                                                         if  the stock prices fell, so did the



                                                                                                                                         private companies and so did the



                                                                                                                                         people’s economy.




                                                                                                                                         An example of  the massive impact



                                                                                                                                         a stock market crash has on its




            of  dollars were lost, and wealth                                                                                            economy was the crash of  the



            was destroyed in a massive scale.                                                                                            Down Jones on October 24, 1929.



            People started to invest in the stock                                                                                        This event is known as the Black




            market after the social security and                                                                                         Thursday, in which the company



            retirement plans had been passed to                                                                                          lost 50% of  its stocks. Also, it was




            private companies. These companies                                                                                           one of  the reasons to why the Great



            would link the money to the stock                                                                                            Depression had started in that same
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