Why was Hoover blamed for the Great Depression?

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), America’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression. Although his predecessors’ policies undoubtedly contributed to the crisis, which lasted over a decade, Hoover bore much of the blame in the minds of the American people. read more

Hoover was blamed for the great depression mainly for two reasons. First, Hoover was in office when the economic collapse started. So even if his legislation did not cause the crash he was a good and easy scapegoat. read more

Yes Hoover definitely deserved partial blame for the Great Depression, but not for the reasons believed by the Church of Keynesiansm. The mainstream/Keynesian narrative is that Hoover’s “laissez-faire” policies caused the GD, but could not be further from the truth. read more