Christina Romer outlined lessons that can be learned from the Great Depression and applied to the current economy. Before she joined the Obama Administration, Dr. Romer taught economic history at ...

Video Clip: The Bonus Army, Hoovervilles, and the Great Depression (2:40) Historian Richard Norton Smith discussed the Bonus Army and Hoovervilles during the Great Depression.

The lesson of the Great Depression, in other words, is not that when the economy sinks into a deep hole, the government would do well to sit on its hands.

We focus on two international aspects of the Great Depression—financial crises and international trade—and try to discern lessons for the current economic crisis. Both downturns featured global ...

What Was the Great Depression? When Did It Happen? The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, ...

The Great Depression, although it had one of the most devastating economic crises in modern history, reshaped the global econ­omy and left lasting lessons for countries worldwide.

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 ...