Open AccessThe “Hidden Depression” that never really went away
Author(s) -
Anaru Eketone
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aotearoa new zealand social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4131
pISSN - 1178-5527
DOI - 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss2id740
Subject(s) - aotearoa , depression (economics) , poverty , great depression , covid-19 , history , pandemic , reading (process) , economic history , development economics , psychology , criminology , political science , sociology , gender studies , economics , law , archaeology , medicine , disease , keynesian economics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Covid-19 is a unique conjunction of a serious disease pandemic coupled with a serious economic crisis. I took the opportunity during level four lockdown to catch up on some reading. Two books in particular discussed the previous two named depressions that Aotearoa New Zealand went through. Children of the Poor by John A. Lee (1973) dealt with poverty in Dunedin following the “Long Depression” of the late 19th century and The Slump by Tony Simpson (1990) looked at the lead-up to the “Great Depression”, its effects and its lasting legacy.