The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression Here is our explanation of the complex question of what caused the 1929 stock market to crash and how it slowly evolved into The Great Depression. Anyone who has ever taken a course in economics knows how it can tie the brain up in knots. Thanks to the following resources, we have been able to make some sense out of this and explain it to the best of our abilities. I want to especially thank Andrew Ross Sorkin for his new best s