The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, ...

The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the most challenging periods in American history, affecting nearly every aspect ...

“During the Great Depression of the 1930 s, the U.S. economy almost completely collapsed,” historian Dana Frank writes in her new book, What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed economists who discussed the causes of the Great Depression.

During the peak of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate peaked at 24.9% in 1933 — 12.8 million Americans out of a population of 125.6 million — and it was still as high as 17.2% in 1939.