The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in modern history, fundamentally reshaping the global economy. What began as the Roaring Twenties,a time of prosperity, jazz music, and wealth, ...

An economic depression can have a severe negative impact on all aspects of life, including investment returns, employment and even the ability to afford necessities such as food and shelter.

What makes a recession a depression? And what constitutes a recession in the first place?. Unfortunately, there's no simple answer. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has declared a ...

As far as economic events go, true depressions are rare. Over the last century, the Great Depression of the 1930s was the only economic downturn in the U.S. that earned the distinction of being ...

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed economists who discussed the causes of the Great Depression.

Economics almost always waves off taxation as significant among the causes of the Great Depression. When we wrote our income tax history of the United States, Taxes Have Consequences, it became ...

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With the first round of economic stimulus running out, ... But We Don't Want This To Go Into Depression Territory,' Says Economics Professor. July 31, 2020 / 1:34 PM EDT / CBS New York ...

The speed and scale of the economic crash have drawn comparisons to the Great Depression. But this downturn should be shorter, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economic historians say.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The economic crash resulting from the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis regularly prompts references to our last recession and what historians have labeled the Great Depression.

Almost halfway through the summer, as the pandemic wanes in many parts of Europe and Asia, the number of new cases in the U.S. has topped 50,000 almost every day in July. The domestic daily death ...