economic downturn theme
The ramifications of a severe economic downturn, like an economic depression or recession, on society are explored.
Examples
Captain Kirk and Spock followed McCoy back to the 1930s and got to experience the American Great Depression first hand in tos1x28 "The City on the Edge of Forever".
10 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds93x11 | choice | Twenty-first century century San Fransisco, and the United States more generally, was in a depression by all appearances. |
| ds93x12 | choice | 21st century San Fransisco and America more generally was in a depression by all appearances |
| movie: Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) | major | The film is set in a near future in which a severe economic collapse leaves England in utter ruins. |
| movie: Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990) | major | The story is set in an gang infested, crime riddled, poverty stricken Los Angeles in the wake of "The Great Crash": an economic catastrophe triggered by the greed of previous generations. |
| tos1x28 | major | the Great Depression |
| ahh1x13 | minor | In his intro, Alfred Hitchcock visited a town that was abandoned in the wake of an economic bubble bursting there. |
| columbo1971e4x05 | minor | Midas Electronics company profits dropped off under Harold's management. He blamed the recession. |
| movie: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | minor | we saw America during the Great Depression. |
| movie: Harrison Bergeron (1995) | minor | It was explained that the second American Revolution started during an ongoing economic depression that was a result of a combination of technological advancement and a widening disparity between the very rich and the very poor. |
| movie: The Great Ziegfeld (1936) | minor | The story touched on the 1929 market crash. |