As stocks continued to fall during the early 1930s, businesses failed and unemployment rose dramatically. By 1932, one of every four workers was unemployed. Banks failed and life savings were lost, ...

I was raised during the Great Depression (1929-1939). I was born several years before the beginning. I remember men riding boxcars (rail cars); they were called “hobos.” Entire families were walking ...

One of the major issues in this year’s presidential and congressional election is the economy. There are many who feel the current administration has not done enough to quell the effects of inflation, ...

As a lifelong resident of Staten Island, I am deeply concerned about the economic crisis quietly unfolding around us — a crisis that, by many measures, is worse than the Great Depression. Consider ...

John Stossel’s recent column claiming that New Deal reforms did not bring the United States out of the Depression appalled me. The Great Depression caused worldwide economic, social and political ...

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One day in June 2008, Ted Gup's mother gave him an old suitcase that contained a large envelope on which his grandfather had written, "PERTAINING TO XMAS GIFT DISTRIBUTION." Inside were 150 letters ...

As many economic analysts compare the current recession to the Great Depression, a new book club sponsored by ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy is encouraging the community to examine this ...

President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt greets current Pres. Herbert Hoover warmly as the latter steps into the Roosevelt car at the White House for the trip to the Capitol and the inaugural ceremonies ...