Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy ... Unemployment decreased by 12 million between 1933 and 1937, and GDP grew an average of 9% over the same period.

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3%, the biggest drop since the Great Depression ... leverage ratios were as high as 40 to 1, meaning for every $40 in assets, there was only ...

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and ...