He introduced monetary stimulus programs designed to ease the Great Depression, including Social Security. Workers received unemployment benefits, farmers were given assistance for failed (or ...

In October 1929, the 'Roaring Twenties' came to a dramatic end and the USA economy went into a period of deep economic and social distress called The Great Depression. Its impact was felt ...

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3%, the biggest drop since the Great Depression. Deregulation in the 2000s and excessive risk by banks were major causes of the financial crisis.

The popularity of the radio continued to increase throughout the Great Depression. By 1930, around 40 per cent of the American population owned a radio set, and this number had more than doubled ...

Although wage growth climbed 0.2% in August, according to the recent jobs report data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it is not enough to curb the impact ... it to the Great Depression is ...

Depression requires active treatment, because the disorder itself can have enduring effects on brain function ... depression is in part a disorder of social connection; the only remedy for that ...

The NRA was one of the early cornerstones of Roosevelt’s New Deal, aimed at alleviating the economic effects of the Great Depression and ... Congress to approve the Social Security Act.