Some of life's basic lessons for living through economic hardships come from our youth of the past, the children of the Great Depression. Lessons learned in the 1920s and '30s seem as pertinent today ...

The Great Depression might feel like a distant chapter from a history book, filled with sepia-toned photos and tales of hardship. Yet, the resourcefulness and ingenuity of that era offer surprisingly ...

Memories of salvaging and stealing to avoid going hungry are part of the legacy of the Great Depression. Some iReporters say they can't help but look at the current economy and feel the past holds ...

Chances are you can’t name a single central banker from the 1920s, but in their day, they were quite the celebrities, even giving false names when traveling by ocean liner in order to dodge the press.

Medical supplies for the front are piled up at a railway station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1935. Back in America, Black educator Melva L. Price rallied support for Ethiopian refugees fleeing the ...

President Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China have unsettled both domestic and international markets, concerning investors and manufacturers. This emerging global trade war has raised ...