All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT?-the gold standard caused a tightening of currency supplies world wide-Corporated structures had been bloated by the success of the 1920s but were unprepared for the tightening of the economy-Mellon's business-friendly tax policies enticed the rich into more frenzied stock market speculation-Much of the profits that had been taken during the 1920s had been put back into companies rather than saved or invested other ways-as consumer spending declined, the rate of investment in new factories and businesses also plummeted

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