The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in modern history, lasting from 1929 until the beginning of World War II in 1939. The causes of the Great Depression included slowing consumer demand ...

When the Great Depression hit its lowest ebb in 1933, the unemployment rate exceeded 20 percent and America’s gross domestic product plummeted by 30 percent. Not everyone, however, lost money during ...

Mr. Beat examines what really caused the Great Depression. Odds are, your interpretation of the true causes of the Great Depression are strongly influenced by your already strongly held beliefs.

More than half a decade into the Great Depression, an Indiana commentator published a sad little profile of his fellow American. “Who is the ‘forgotten man’ in ...

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced a new round of global tariffs, instituting a minimum 10% levy on goods imported from countries around the world, which he said he hopes will strengthen ...