Your new book is called, What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? Stories of Ordinary People and Collective Action in Hard Times? Could you give us a bird’s eye view of this book?

There are also fears that the tariffs could trigger an economic downturn reminiscent of the Great Depression nearly a century ago. The Great Depression was a catastrophic economic downturn that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the United States entered the Great Depression as a result of turning its back on the policy of placing tariffs on other countries in favor of an income tax.

Trump’s Historical Missteps: Revisiting the Great Depression and Tariffs In his ... As such, Trump’s interpretation of history seems oversimplified, ignoring the broader, more complex factors ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 is blamed for deepening the Great Depression. Don’t tell that to the Trump administration, which just unveiled the toughest tariffs in almost a century.

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed economists who discussed the... President Trump's new tariffs on Canada ...

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 ...