The Great Depression was the worst economic disaster of the 20th century, starting with the 1929 stock market crash and causing global unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty.

Living With Debt During the Great Depression, many middle-class families were shouldering consumer debt. They couldn’t keep up with the repayments once the economy tanked and their jobs were lost.

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and ...

The Great Depression began with “Black Tuesday” on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

Great Depression to COVID-19: The worst stock market crashes in US history 4-minute read David M. Zimmer NorthJersey.com ...

The worst market crash was seen in 1929 and led to the Great Depression. It was caused by speculative investments, excessive debt and banking system weakness. The Dot-Com Bubble collapse caused a ...

“By 1948, it become consensus belief across US political parties, and indeed throughout the world, that tariffs had helped cause the Great Depression and the Second World War,” he continued.

“Make America Great Depression Again”: “Saturday Night Live” mocks Trump tariffs James Austin Johnson's Trump envisioned an America where everyone would be "eating the cats" ...

Trump's tariff hike mirrors the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which exacerbated the Great Depression and led to a major shift in US trade policy.

Why does everyone think we’re in for a 2nd Great Depression? Trump’s tariff announcement on April 2, 2025, was a long time coming, but the extent of the tax hike was much bigger than expected.

“In 1929, it all came to a very abrupt end with the Great Depression, and it would have never happened if they had stayed with the tariff policy, would have been a much different story,” Trump ...

The panic began on March 10, when user @goofangel posted a video titled “TikTok Great Depression March 2025.” He says, “Nine days into March and we haven’t had a single original meme.” ...