Artists were just as slammed by the Great Depression as any Americans. So in 1935, the federal government created the Federal Art Project to employ destitute artists at rock-bottom wages. About 120 works from that area are now on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The show runs through March 21…….click here to continue reading
Obama Leading Us Right To Great Depression 2……click here to continue reading
Krugman: Fed Can’t Save Us from Great Depression II……click here to continue reading
Remembering The Great Depression: Big treat: Biscuits and gravy By Trina Kleist Staff Writer To mark the 80th anniversary of the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression, The Union is running these excerpts of memoirs from Nevada County residents who lived through that time. This is the last of two parts. Justine Kutchar, Grass Valley: My dad worked in a coal mine in Energy, Ill ………click here to continue reading
Does today’s economic turmoil compare to the Great Depression? A look back…….click here to continue reading
The rate of loan charge-offs by major U.S. banks has exceeded those seen in the early years of the Great Depression as the credit crisis continues to take a toll, Moody’s Investors Service said on Monday…….click here to continue reading
As the Great Depression of the 1930s becomes less vivid in the memories of living Americans, it also becomes more clear how profoundly it shaped the America that followed…….click here to continue reading