Trump is operating under the illusion that other nations are becoming wealthy on the backs of American trade deficits. It's a ...

The worst market crash was seen in 1929 and led to the Great Depression. It was caused by speculative investments, excessive ...

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

Trump's tariff hike mirrors the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which exacerbated the Great Depression and led to a major shift ...

When announcing the blanket tariffs he’s imposing on countries around the world, President Trump made a claim about the role of tariffs in the Great Depression.

Desperation pies, or "make-do" pies, were an invention of the Great Depression that led to everything from mock apples pies ...

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen.

Trump's tariffs are 'every bit as high' as the Great Depression-era Smoot-Hawley Tariff widely blamed for worsening the ...

"It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression." WASHINGTON — As lawmakers, investors and economists alike weigh the future impact of President Donald Trump’s ...

Economists and business leaders desperately tried to get the stubborn president and Congressional leaders to see reason, to ...

Saturday Night Live kicked off with Donald Trump trying hard to calm nerves about the falling stock market, only to come up with a slogan that did anything but: “Make America Great Depression ...

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 ...