Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Cuba
<span>The Depression spread rapidly around the world because the responses made by governments were flawed. When faced with falling export earnings they overreacted and severely increased tariffs on imports, thus further reducing trade. Moreover, since deflation was the only policy supported by economic theory at the time, the initial response of every government was to cut their spending. As a result consumer demand fell even further. Deflationary policies were critically linked to exchange rates. Under the Gold Standard, which linked currencies to the value of gold, governments were committed to maintaining fixed exchange rates.</span>
<h3> He tried to increase us oil production.
As a result of a revolution in Iran during 1978 and 1979, the cartel of countries controlling part of the oil market decided to stop production.</h3>
What language is that ? Free pouts ? Thank you
