The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and ended around 1939, is the longest and most severe U.S. economic downturn in modern history. The 1920s in the U.S. became known as the Roaring '20s, ...

An economic depression is a period of sharp and sustained decline in economic activity that typically includes negative gross domestic product growth and a substantial rise in unemployment, poverty ...

The Great Depression was a landmark event that had lasting economic, social, and political repercussions, some of which are still with us nearly a century later. Learn more about the Great Depression ...

• The claim uses 1930 income figures that captured only the richest 10% or so of Americans, which skews the comparison with typical incomes from the entire population today. • One federal statistic ...

President Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China have unsettled both domestic and international markets, concerning investors and manufacturers. This emerging global trade war has raised ...

Many readers responded to my newsletter last Friday about my great-grandfather’s life during the Depression in Vermont. I heard from neighbors, relatives and readers as far away as Australia. While ...