The implementation of tariffs has historically been a controversial economic strategy, particularly when considering the ...

The Depression was actually ended, and prosperity restored, by the sharp reductions in spending, taxes and regulation at the end of World War II, exactly contrary to the analysis of Keynesian so ...

The Great Depression was the worst economic disaster of the 20th century, starting with the 1929 stock market crash and causing global unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty.

With all the talk going on about the merits of free trade and the U.S.’s free trade agreements, it might be helpful to look at an example from the past. Debates over free trade vs. protectionism ...

The Great Depression began arguably with a market crash in 1929. Despite some strong rallies over the years after the initial crash, the market did not truly hit the bottom in 1932. 1929 The Great ...

Is this the next Great Depression? Economists disagree — vehemently, at times — about whether our current economic malaise will ultimately rival the dark days of the 1930s. Pessimists ...

Americans were living in fear during the height of the Great Depression. By the time of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast in 1938, U.S. citizens had been suffering through the Great Depression for ...

In the 1930s, it was the game of Bridge that kept people busy during the Great Depression.