But she quickly found herself gravitating toward economic history, especially the nascent subfield of “failure studies,” which focuses on the victims of American capitalism ... Ormes, whose father, ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 kneecapped America's ability to escape the Great Depression, and today's trade wars look ...

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

Investors and diplomats alike were relieved that he refrained from slapping universal tariffs on all imports on his first day ...

Based on analysis of a historical dataset created during the 1930s that captured the life stories of thousands of older Americans, researchers offer a reminder that work isn’t just about income but ...

Democrats "would prefer 'Depression' as long as it hurt the Republican Party," the president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Men eating bread and soup at a breadline during The Great Depression in the USA in 1929. Breadlines were places for people in extreme poverty, who did not have the money to buy food for themselves ...

America’s response to the unprecedented economic crisis that threatened ... the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression. Before radar had been invented a devastating ...

Life in America during the 1930s was not easy, thanks to one of the worst economic disasters ever: The Great Depression. From a historical perspective, it seemed all the joy and revelry of the Roaring ...