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What It Cost to Live in 1930 — And How That Compares to Today’s Rent

Step into a world where a loaf of bread cost less than the spare change in your car and rent prices wouldn’t make you question every life choice you’ve ever made. The year is 1930, and while the Great Depression was tightening its grip on nearly every household, the cost…

Everybody Loves Your Money · Nov 19, 2025

Congress Could Get Millions of People Off of SNAP by Raising the Minimum Wage, but It Hasn’t — for 16 Years

1 in 8 people rely on federal food aid that has become a pawn in the government shutdown.

Capital & Main · Nov 6, 2025

‘I did this for the world’: Delusional Donald Trump claims his insane tariffs saved the ‘entire world’ from a depression

Amid the Supreme Court hearing, Donald Trump claimed that his tariffs saved the entire world from a depression. It’s the new peak of his economics-by-ego, because neither the data nor basic trade math backs him up.

The Mary Sue · Nov 6, 2025

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Trump Administration Slammed for Cutting Food Aid: 42 Million Americans Face Hunger Crisis

Nearly 42 million Americans could lose SNAP benefits on November 1, raising fears of a hunger crisis said to rival that of the Great Depression.

International Business Times UK · Oct 25, 2025

From 1929 To Dot-Com, Why This Euphoria Could End In Ashes

Equity markets are once again in a euphoric run, with comparisons being drawn to two historic episodes of excess: the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and the Roaring Twenties preceding the Great Depression.

Benzinga · Sep 23, 2025

Retirement Planning: 9 Moves To Make If You’re Worried About Economic Downturns

Whether you lived through the Great Depression or have been on the edge of your seat through the Great Recession, planning for retirement is challenging in any environment, but especially during times...

GOBankingRates · Sep 22, 2025

Robert Redford embodied an American ideal, and often lived the part, too

Born during the Great Depression with sun-kissed California looks, Robert Redford never failed to epitomize something quintessential and hopeful about the American character

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025

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34 Rare Photos That Bring The Great Depression Era To Life Like Never Before

These 33 images offer a raw, unfiltered look at how ordinary Americans faced extraordinary hardship with remarkable resilience.

Bored Panda · Aug 18, 2025

Trump Warns of New 'Great Depression' if Courts Block His Tariff Plan: 'It Would Be 1929 All Over Again'

President Donald Trump is warning of potential economic fallout if his extensive tariff policy is overturned, hinting at a new Great Depression.

Benzinga · Aug 9, 2025

Donald Trump’s latest Liberation Day means another dark day for America

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US president’s latest round of protectionist tariffs will prove as damaging to global trade and economic growth as those imposed in the 1930s, which exacerbated the Great Depression. Everything he does seems only to weaken his country’s power and prosperity

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Bitcoin Could Go To $300,000 Before 'Great Depression' Crisis, Traders Argue

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) current bull run is alive and well, and unless the price drops below $74,000, short-term pullbacks are irrelevant, according to market commentators.

Benzinga · Jul 24, 2025

5 Tips From Robert Kiyosaki To Save You From Financial Disaster

Robert Kiyosaki, famed author and financial expert, offers plenty of advice on financial success. Here are his top tips to keep you from financial disaster.

GOBankingRates · Jul 13, 2025

Poll finds when was the greatest time to be American - Gen X and Elder Millennials rejoice!

The worst time to be alive was during the Civil War or the Great Depression, according to the survey

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Australia’s re-elected government says ‘dark shadow’ of US-China trade war top priority

Albanese claims victory as first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years

The Independent UK · May 3, 2025

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AAP · Apr 26, 2025

Libs channel Labor's unfriendly ghost, Jim Scullin

A first-term government has not been kicked out of office for almost a century but Peter Dutton is hoping comparisons with the 1931 election will resonate.

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2025

Trump tariffs chaos will blow huge hole in US economy and hit UK hard, says IMF in damning report

‘The US effective tariff rate surged past levels reached during the Great Depression,’ say the leading economists

The Conversation · Apr 15, 2025

Tariffs and trade wars: here’s what Trump is failing to learn from the Great Depression

Imagine waking up in 1932, in any US city. Upon ordering your morning coffee, you realise that its price has doubled since last year. This isn’t because of a coffee shortage, but rather because new trade barriers have caused the price of importing Colombian coffee beans to shoot up. The…

Reason · Apr 11, 2025

The Tariff Madness Isn't Over

Even after Trump paused some of his new tariffs for 90 days, we still have the highest average tariffs in over a century and the biggest trade war since the Great Depression. Real relief will only come if Congress or the courts deny Trump the power to do this.

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025

How ‘liberation day’ rout compares with other notorious stock market crises

A swift loss of £4tn from global stock markets has led some to liken Trump’s trade war to 1929 Wall Street crash

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different

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 manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2025

SNL cold open mocks Trump tariffs with ‘Make America Great Depression Again’ line

‘You know, the depression is going to be so great. We'll be the ones eating the cats and the dogs. That's going to be fun’

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025

The last time this led to Great Depression, Irish money minister warns

An Irish Cabinet minister has compared US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime to the circumstances which precipitated the Great Depression.

Fortune · Apr 3, 2025

Are Trump's tariffs as bad as the Smoot-Hawley Act, which is blamed for deepening the Great Depression? They're actually worse

Those dreading a return to the Smoot Hawley days think this time around could be even worse given the size and scale of Trump's new tariffs.

Latin Times · Apr 2, 2025

Trump Mocked for Claiming Tariffs Would Have Prevented Great Depression: 'Make Everyone Poor Again'

The internet is mocking President Donald Trump for boasting about his impending tariffs, which experts say will do the opposite of grow the economy.

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

Trump declares Great Depression wouldn’t have happened with tariffs

Donald Trump has declared that the US could have avoided the Great Depression with tariffs.

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