Over the course of the decade, more than 15 million Americans lost their jobs. The effects of the Great Depression could be felt into the early 1940s. The unemployment rate jumped at a shocking speed.

We’re now making comparisons to the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial ... “It will have an effect on the growth of the economy, and we will see that, in my opinion, relatively quickly.” ...

Trump’s tariff plan, which will go into effect on April 5, and the subsequent market drops ... which contributed to the Great Depression,” Moody’s Analytics chief economist wrote on X Thursday. “If ...

The president also announced a 25 percent tariff on all foreign-made automobiles that took effect today (April ... Trump stated that the 1930s Great Depression could have been avoided if tariffs ...

“In 1930,” Stein deadpans, “the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the. . . Anyone? Anyone?” Silence. “The Great Depressio ...

From the Smoot-Hawley Act to Trump’s current trade war, economic history clearly demonstrates that protectionism is not only ...

Long-term effects continue to be studied. Risks can differ, depending on medication as well as many other things during a pregnancy that can endanger a developing fetus. Untreated depression can ...

If we overestimate the costs of trade restrictions today, we make it harder to sell the public on free trade tomorrow.

Scholars disagree on the effects of the Smoot-Hawley tariffs. Few now argue, as they once did, that these tariffs caused the Great Depression — but many believe they exacerbated it. What no one ...

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Investopedia / Jake Shi The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 increased import tariffs by about 20%, kicking off a global trade war that contributed to the Great Depression's ill effects.