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.

CEDAR RAPIDS - As tough economic times linger, the unemployment rate rises and making ends meet becomes more of a challenge, folks who survived the Great Depression of the 1930s think they can help.

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 ...

Many people today are unfamiliar with the term “Great Depres­sion” and the profound signifi­cance it holds in global history. The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s, ...

Lessons from The Great Depression: You Just Don't Know As the nation grapples with today's struggling economy and searches for signs of recovery, WSJ's Dennis Berman revisits the Great Depression. He ...

Historians have noted that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. attempted suicide twice as a child—when his best friend died and again when his grandmother died—and also struggled with depression as an ...