Living With Debt During the Great Depression, many middle-class families were shouldering consumer debt.They couldn’t keep up with the repayments once the economy tanked and their jobs were lost.

The 1929 stock market crash marked the beginning of the Great Depression. Factors including speculative lending and changing monetary policies contributed to the crash. Photos show the panic in ...

“It was the Great Depression. It was a sign of what was going on. It was during the Great Depression,” Dean replied, agreeing with Lutnick. “That’s a direction none of us wants to go. Tariffs.

Texas History A Texas Woman’s Image Defined the Great Depression. For Decades, No One Knew Who She Was. The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years ...