The market crash of 1929 triggered the Great Depression, which would shape American life for the following decade.

The Great Depression, spanning from 1929 to the late 1930s, was a time of unprecedented economic hardship that affected ...

Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war is dragging down the global economy, with U.S. markets on track for their worst April since the Great Depression. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports. (The Beat's ...

Two months after the 1929 stock market crash, Milwaukee's leaders figured they'd dodged a bullet. They found out quickly they were wrong. Faced with protests demanding relief for the city's ...

How extraordinary? We’re now making comparisons to the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has tumbled 9.1% in the first three weeks of April, the 129-year-old index’s worst ...

“This coming Great Depression will cause millions to be poor, and a few who take action may enjoy great wealth and freedom,” he warned.

Men seeking jobs during the Great Depression gather outside city hall in Cleveland on Oct. 9, 1930. (AP) When Donald Trump was inaugurated, by most measures, the United States was the strongest ...

Needless exaggerations already abound. For example, comparisons to the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariffs and the Great Depression are everywhere. Those duties, enacted in 1930, are widely believed to ...

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It was a flop. In the summer of 1927, Gerlach was arrested for selling alcohol illegally, and lost a lot of money during The Great Depression. He tried to kill himself in 1939 by shooting himself ...