Which historical event was the major incentive for Harburg to write the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”

“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” was written in 1932, during the Great Depression. Its lyrics describe a man who helped build the country but is now unemployed and asking for money, reflecting the hardship and poverty of that era. The major incentive was the Great Depression, not a later war.

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