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- Money Lessons Learned From the Great DepressionA look at some of the money lessons that were learned during the Great Depression that could be useful in today's economy.
The Boehner-Cantor Depression and Hoover’s Great Depression:We can readily see the failures and weaknesses of our current electorate, when we examine our history, and the President, Herbert Hoover, who opened the door and allowed the rat of widespread poverty to enter the room.
A Lesson for Students About the Great DepressionThis is a history lesson comparing the recession of 2011 to the Great Depression.- What to Do in the Worst Stock Market Crash Since the Great DepressionThe fact is that the American Stock Market is in a Stock Market Crash scenario that has not been seen since the Great Depression. Without a plan you can loose everything. Here is a plan that can help.
Reasons the Great Depression, was the Great DepressionCould the Great Depression happen again. Consider these recent events.- Yuma Unemployment Rate Rises Above Highest Rate of Great DepressionAs Yuma County's unemployment rate reached historic numbers, the Arizona Legislature failed to extend jobless benefits. A move that is sure to affect Yuma's unemployed.
10 Money Saving Tips from the Great DepressionMoney Saving Ideas From Our Grandparents- The Causes of the Great DepressionThis article discusses the major factors that led to the Great Depression.
- Major Events and Effects of the Great DepressionThis talks about how the Great Depression impacted white men and women, African Americans, and American families in the United States.
- Programs During the Great DepressionThis article is about the effectiveness of Roosevelt's New Deal Programs
- The 20s, the Great Depression, a Lot of ChaosDiscussing the Jazz Age, the 1920s, and the withering economy.
- The Great DepressionThis is an article describing the intricacies of the Great Depression in the 1930s under the presidency of Herbert Hoover.
While Growing Up During the 1930s Great Depression, Life was Quite Austere but PracticalIn several ways, modern life is very similar to life in the 1930s. The only differences in cars, trains and airplanes are in sophistication. The huge differences are in communication and information; TVs, cellphones and computers.- Is America in Another Great Depression?It's worth it to have a look at the past and see what actions led to what. The Great Depression and our current economy look to be lining up more the further it goes along.
- Eleanor Roosevelt Championed the Women's Rights During the Great DepressionMany women had to work to feed their families, they did not have the luxury of staying at home to take care of the children. Others were widowed or single and they had to work or starve.
- Women's Needs Were Ignored During the Great DepressionThe women who needed to work to sustain themselves were often hidden from view. No one, not even the journalists wanted to accept this "women's reality."
- Depression Income: African American Women's Work During the Great DepressionThe Great Migration of 1915 '" l930 provided an income for an African American northern innkeeper who needed a job to feed her own family.
- Women Took Whatever Jobs They Could Find During the Great DepressionWomen were supposed to be the homemakers waiting for their husband's to come home from work and not the other way around. However, what happened to women whose husband's did not work?
- Forgotten Women of the Great Depression Part IWe have already visited the gutsy, wild and fun loving 1920 flapper girls. However that bubble was soon to bust. October 29, 1929 the infamous Black Friday, was the day money ceased to flow, the day the well ran dry, and the day stock market crashed.
- Why was the Great Depression so Great?What was it about the Great Depression that made it so "Great"? Why wasn't it just another recession?
- Causes of the Great DepressionThis article examines the many causes of the Great Depression.
- 1930's: The Great Depression. Our Frugal LifestyleThe Great Depression was a very memorable time. We blended an orange powder with our white margarine to color it yellow. People found many uses for large wooden cheese boxes and orange crates.
- Older Men and Women See Highest Jobless Rate Since Great DepressionIn the worst economic times since the great depression, the new faces of unemployment are men and women ages 55 and above!
- Debt as One of the Main Causes of the Great DepressionOne of the main reasons that caused the Great Depression was debt. During 1930, more than 9,000 banks collapsed causing an unprecedented banking panic and a huge blow to aggregate demand.
Unemployment Rate Today, February 5, 2010 Versus the Rate in the Great Depression1.1 million of jobless market has given up. Take a look at the unemployment rate during the Great Depression and how it was calculated compared to today. How far away from that number are we today? Too Close For Comfort.- A Child's View of the Great DepressionMy mother was a young child during the depression, but her memories of that time were recounted in vivid detail.
- Causes of the Great Depression:The Inequality of Wealth and IncomeRooting in the failure of the world economy to build up a sustained economic recovery after the end of World War I in 1918, the Great Depression shivered confidence in the stability of capitalist economic systems.
- The Great Depression and the American FamilyThe Great Depression was a very challenging time for the American family. The effects of the depression, both during and after, greatly impacted the structure, finances and employment of the American family unit.
- Intergenerational Oral History InterviewIn the end, I had learned many things from WWII, the Great Depression, and the Korean War through interesting facts and first person experiences. One interview could maybe even be a better lesson than a lecture on any subject.
- What the Great Depression Has to Teach Us TodayWhat Grandpa and Grandma already knew.
Book Review: Clara Cannucciari's: Clara's Kitchen:Wisdom, Memories, and Recipes from the Great DepressionClara Cannucciari is a 94 year old author, cook, and internet sensation on You Tube with her own cooking show: Depression Cooking with Clara.- Dispelling Popular Great Depression Myths: Robert Murphy's "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal"Robert P. Murphy's "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal" debunks the myth of the Great Depression being caused by laissez-faire capitalism - and being solved by either the New Deal, World War II, or both.
- Lessons Learned from the Great DepressionIn this article you will find out ways that you can learn how to navigate our country's current economic storm from how people reacted to The great Depression.
- Is Capitalism Inherently Unstable?From what I have read and studied it is clear that government intervention in capitalism is what creates depressions.
Childhood During the Great DepressionThe old-time vegetable garden during the Great Depression, made the farm family almost self-sufficient. Sugar and salt were among the few items they needed to buy.- Forgotten Women of the Great DepressionWe have already visited the gutsy, wild and fun loving 1920 flapper girls. However that bubble was soon to bust. October 29, 1929 the infamous Black Friday, the day money ceased to flow, the day the well ran dry, and the day stock market crashed.
- Cinderella Man: The Great Depression in FilmA brief analysis of the famous film "Cinderella Man" and how the Great Depression is mirrored within it.
- American Society During the Great DepressionThe article address the struggles of the great depression in the 1930s via a book review of In Dubious Battle.
- The Crash of '29 and the New HopeAn extremely informative essay on the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal.
- Recession: What is Called the Modern Day Great DepressionAre we in a modern day great depression twentieth century style? There a several good reasons to compare and believe we are. When will the government declare we are in a depression.
