Srovnání Velké hospodářské deprese a současné finanční a ekonomické krize

This thesis aims to compare the Great depression with current financial and economic crisis. The thesis focuses on the economy of the United States of America which has been affected most by those crises. The first part analyses theory of crisis in general, business cycle and the crises typology. It presents financial, monetary, banking and sovereign debt crises. Furthermore, the thesis describes both crises and their consequences in particular in the United States. The main contribution of this thesis consists in comparison of those two crises based on defined observations. It analyses analogies and distinctions of economic conditions in pre-crisis period, their causes and processes. At the end, the consequences of crises are evaluated and solution on how to prevent crises has been studied.