<span> Most people think the Great Depression started in October 1929, with the famous Black Tuesday stock market crash, but economists and historians point to an economic downturn which took hold in early 1929. The </span>stock market cras<span>h led to unprecedented runs on banks, and by 1933, more than 11,000 of the nation’s 25,000 </span>banks had failed<span>.</span>
