The conditions that led to the birth of Occupy Wall Street are very similar to those before the Great Depression, says former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. managing director Nomi Prins…….click here to continue reading
How Does the Current Economic Recession Compare to the Great Depression? This question was originally answered on Quora by David M. Edwards…….click here to continue reading
Echoes of the Great Depression may be seen in the pitiful conditions faced by many workers around the world today. This is a photo exhibit, using Dorothea Lange’s photos from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s juxtaposed against contemporary photos from California. Same conditions, different faces – all trying to eke [Read more]……click here to continue reading
The American dream of homeownership has felt its biggest drop since the Great Depression, according to new 2010 census figures released Thursday…….click here to continue reading
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros has warned Europe’s debt crisis risks triggering another Great Depression unless euro zone leaders adopt a series of radical policy measures, including the creation of a common treasury…….click here to continue reading
After this weekend’s credit downgrade, the finger-pointing reached a new level. Is it possible that The Great Depression holds the answer to economic recovery? John B. Judis of The Weekly Standard believes the 1930s show that increased government spending is the only way to get America on its feet…….click here to continue reading
Here are some great photographs of daily life during the Great Depression of the 1930s in the United States…….click here to continue reading
A growing number of Americans worry that the U.S. is likely to slip into another Great Depression within the next 12 months…….click here to continue reading
Here at Casey Research, our view of the Great Depression of the 1930s is a little different from that of most people. In our eyes, Franklin Roosevelt wasn’t a hero, he was a villain. Nearly everything he did served to extend and deepen the economic downturn…….click here to continue reading
The US population grew in the past decade at its slowest rate since the Great Depression as Americans left industrial regions hard hit by the recession, the Census Bureau said Tuesday…….click here to continue reading