The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

By adopting frugal habits from the Great Depression that are surprisingly useful today, we may be able to break free from the ...

Before the Christmas break, we ran a short series on how the Great Depression unfolded in Friday's Money Mornings (you can check out the most recent one here, and see the whole history page here).

But who got rich or stayed rich during the Great Depression, while everyone else lost it all? Read more: Bear Markets: Facts You Need To Know Howard Hughes grew up rich and got even richer during ...

However, comparing it to the Great Depression is hyperbolic. This is reminiscent of the old Harry S. Truman adage, “It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you ...

One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

Those that lived during The Great Depression have several traits in common Two of which are, that they never throw anything away, for. it can always be repurposed, and they ...

Roosevelt was proactive in dealing with the effects of the Great Depression. He came up with a new set of policies known as the New Deal. close New DealThe name of the policies put in place from ...