Because consumer prices fell faster than wages, the welfare of those who remained employed rose in the Great Depression. Overwhelmingly, those who became and remained unemployed suffered the most.
当是时，大量失业已转变为长期失业，造成了两个后果。第一，经济配置不当的负担并不是被公平地分担的。由于消费价格比工资下跌得更快，大萧条时期保住工作的人的财富有所上升。丢掉工作并一直处于失业状态的人承担了绝大部分后果。