The market crash of 1929 triggered the Great Depression, which would shape American life for the following decade.

Meanwhile, the least popular era came about 100 years ago, when the country was plagued by the Great Depression. In the poll ...

The president argued that before the income tax on U.S. citizens ... “In 1929, it all came to a very abrupt end with the Great Depression, and it would have never happened if they had stayed ...

Which is why every American should hear his warnings before it's too late. In an exclusive interview with Jim Rickards, learn about the warning signs of the coming Great Depression and how you can ...

Even before the crash, businesses had to start ... During the peak of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate peaked at 24.9% in 1933 — 12.8 million Americans out of a population of 125.6 ...

Men seeking jobs during the Great Depression gather outside city hall ... Has anything like this ever been done before? Well, nothing quite as self-defeating, but the Smoot-Hawley tariffs were ...

It was a time like noother before or since. Our older relatives tell us about it….Quite interesting is that when the Great Depression was at it height, some two hundred and fifty thousand ...

The Great Depression began with “Black Tuesday ... He also served as commerce secretary before running for president. He could be dynamic with small groups but reserved in public.

From the Smoot-Hawley Act to Trump’s current trade war, economic history clearly demonstrates that protectionism is not only ineffective, but counterproductive. In a world where value chains are ...

but ought to be rich,” he declared in his inaugural address before convening a special session of Congress to better protect U.S. farmers with “limited changes of the tariff.” Instead, the 31st ...