Great Depression

Nathan Sheets, U.S. Treasury's the former undersecretary for international affairs, speaks at a Brookings event to preview the eighth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue, in Washington D.C., the United States, May 24, 2016.
Economy

Top Wall Street economist sees 2 ways tariffs could play out—and neither is good for the average worker

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Trump says high tariffs could have prevented the Great Depression but history shows Smoot-Hawley made a bad situation much worse
Politics

Trump says high tariffs could have prevented the Great Depression but history shows Smoot-Hawley made a bad situation much worse

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
April 8, 2025
Trump’s tariff market ‘bloodbath’ has rattled Wall Street. Here are the 5 worst market crashes since ‘Black Thursday’ 1929
Finance

Trump’s tariff market ‘bloodbath’ has rattled Wall Street. Here are the 5 worst market crashes since ‘Black Thursday’ 1929

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April 7, 2025
One man in center of the photo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange covers one hand over his mouth (his other hand is holding a tablet) while another man in the foreground looks up in the same direction with a worried look on his face.
Finance

A Nobel winner’s famous metric says stocks are way overpriced. Should you be worried?

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September 4, 2024
Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money
Commentary

Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money

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November 23, 2023
The Economic Government of the World
Finance

From the Great Depression to the Great Financial Crisis and beyond—Nearly 100 years of ‘The Economic Government of the World’

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November 17, 2023
Most Americans are financially traumatized, and Gen X has been hurt the most, survey says
Personal Finance

Most Americans are financially traumatized, and Gen X has been hurt the most, survey says

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November 4, 2023
Franklin Roosevelt
Finance

Silicon Valley Bank might have just blown up a banking regulation that was put in place at the depths of the Great Depression

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March 22, 2023
If your mother was pregnant during the Great Depression, years might have been taken off your life by the economy, study says
Well

If your mother was pregnant during the Great Depression, years might have been taken off your life by the economy, study says

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November 10, 2022
Why aren’t we in another Great Depression?
Finance

Why aren’t we in another Great Depression?

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December 6, 2020
17% of unemployed workers aren’t looking for work—and that’s warping the official unemployment rate
Finance

17% of unemployed workers aren’t looking for work—and that’s warping the official unemployment rate

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May 7, 2020
Wall Street Crash
Finance

What’s the Difference Between a Recession and a Depression? Here’s What History Tells Us

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September 22, 2019
Yes Stocks Are Overvalued. But by How Much? Here’s What History Tells Us
Finance

Yes Stocks Are Overvalued. But by How Much? Here’s What History Tells Us

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July 31, 2019
A Turbulent U.S. Stock Market Sends Stocks Down Sharply To Start The Trading Week

Investors Nervous With Fed Meeting Ahead and a Santa Crash Behind

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December 18, 2018
The Truest Measure of America’s Progress
Commentary

The Truest Measure of America’s Progress

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December 13, 2015

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