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The Great Depression: Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in America, 1929–1939 (1989) focus on low-growth and high-growth industries; Bordo, Michael D., Claudia Goldin, and Eugene N. White, eds. The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century (1998). Advanced economic history. Chandler, Lester.
The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century (1998). Advanced economic history. Bremer, William W. "Along the American Way: The New Deal's Work Relief Programs for the Unemployed." Journal of American History 62 (December 1975): 636–652 online; Cannadine, David (2007). Mellon: An American Life.
Economic collapse, also called economic meltdown, is any of a broad range of poor economic conditions, ranging from a severe, prolonged depression with high bankruptcy rates and high unemployment (such as the Great Depression of the 1930s), to a breakdown in normal commerce caused by hyperinflation (such as in Weimar Germany in the 1920s), or even an economically caused sharp rise in the death ...
A recent study by the American Psychological Association showed that Americans are becoming more used to shocks, and that the population of What Economic Shock? Here's Why America Has Adjusted to ...
The 1990s were the longest period of economic growth in American history up to that point. The collapse of the speculative dot-com bubble, a fall in business outlays and investments, and the September 11th attacks, [73] brought the decade of growth to an end. Despite these major shocks, the recession was brief and shallow. [74] Great Recession
Economic historians have explored the high degree of financial and economic instability in the Jacksonian era. For the most part, they follow the conclusions of Peter Temin , who absolved Jackson's policies, and blamed international events beyond American control, such as conditions in Mexico, China, and Britain.
During periods of economic upheaval, the stock market can be volatile. So an MMF may be a safer place to park cash right now. Economic instability could also drive unemployment rates upward.
The American economy then took a sharp downturn, lasting for 13 months through most of 1938. Industrial production fell almost 30% within a few months and production of durable goods fell even faster. Unemployment jumped from 14.3% in 1937 to 19.0% in 1938, rising from 5 million to more than 12 million in early 1938. [216]