Nothing in recent history has so strikingly emphasized the need for international coöperation in the economic field as the ...

From the Smoot-Hawley Act to Trump’s current trade war, economic history clearly demonstrates that protectionism is not only ...

Smoot Hawley Tariff act was mentioned as a beacon of hope for Americans by Donald Trump, history show's the law's history has ...

Hawley all over again! At least by this reporter's calculations, the sweeping tariff regime that President Trump unveiled ...

A crowd of depositors gather in the rain outside Bank of United States after its failure in 1931 during the Great Depression. Photo by World Telegram staff photographer from the Library of ...

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 ...

For instance, Canada placed tariffs on 16 products that ... experts said. However, the Great Depression had taken hold before the effects of Smoot-Hawley, ruling it out as a cause of the crisis ...

The Great Depression began with “Black Tuesday” on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.