The Great Depression

A look at some of the money lessons that were learned during the Great Depression that could be useful in today's economy.

The 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.

This article discusses the major factors that led to the Great Depression.

This talks about how the Great Depression impacted white men and women, African Americans, and American families in the United States.

This article is about the effectiveness of Roosevelt's New Deal Programs

Discussing the Jazz Age, the 1920s, and the withering economy.

This is an article describing the intricacies of the Great Depression in the 1930s under the presidency of Herbert Hoover.

Many 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.

The 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."

We 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.

What was it about the Great Depression that made it so "Great"? Why wasn't it just another recession?

This article examines the many causes of the Great Depression.

One 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.

My mother was a young child during the depression, but her memories of that time were recounted in vivid detail.

Rooting 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 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.

What Grandpa and Grandma already knew.

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.

In 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.

From what I have read and studied it is clear that government intervention in capitalism is what creates depressions.

We 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.

A brief analysis of the famous film "Cinderella Man" and how the Great Depression is mirrored within it.

The article address the struggles of the great depression in the 1930s via a book review of In Dubious Battle.

An extremely informative essay on the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal.

Tips on how to save money on food.

A comparison with today's economic environment

This essay analyzes the ways in which the Great Depression changed the social landscape of America in the 1930's. From the creation of a welfare state to the evening of economic wealth, the Great Depression forever changed America.

Think the Great Depression is a thing of the past? Think again. Read the history of how and why the depression began in this article, and you will see that most, if not all, of the same factors exist in today's economic crisis!

This article is about The Great Depression. It is about what people had to go through at times of great economic recession.

A somewhat general compare and contrast essay on the Great Depression and our current economic situation. It is meant to be a quick summary of a modern analysis of the economy.

A look at the current financial crisis

A lesson plan for 6th grade students about the music and art of the Great Depression era.

With the recent economic downturn and all of this talk about a new depression, I took some time out to talk to my grandmother about what life was like when she lived during the Great Depression.

It's all in the title, I think.