Between 1930 and 1939, the average hourly wage for a United States laborer was 45 cents. To think that during this time, the ...

Few people are alive anymore who remember living through the stock market crash of 1929. But plenty of people still view that fateful plunge as a worst-case scenario for what might befall investors.

With fewer large factories to shut down, the state avoided the catastrophic industrial layoffs seen elsewhere.

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The Great Depression was a landmark event that had lasting economic, social, and political repercussions, some of which are still with us nearly a century later. Learn more about the Great Depression ...

New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin draws parallels between the stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great Depression, and today's economic uncertainty.

With the Carter Family,, music publisher Ralph Peer realized he had hit pay dirt. By 1930 Carter Family records had sold more than 700,000 copies across the country, and more music was in the works.

Ninety years ago this fall, the stock market experienced the Great Crash. Shortly thereafter, America’s economy slumped into the Great Depression. Though misconceptions about them abound, these events ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hersh Shefrin analyzes how psychology impacts markets and policy. A quick summary of the takeaways from Part III appears in a ...

Few people are alive anymore who remember living through the stock market crash of 1929. But plenty of people still view that fateful plunge as a worst-case scenario for what might befall investors.