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While the Great Depression was a catastrophe beyond anyone's personal control, people made what, in hindsight, we see were ...

It didn't matter if they held through the Great Depression, Black Monday, the dot-com bubble, or financial crisis -- they would have made money. The power of perspective and long-term thinking is ...

Invention is the mother of necessity, as the old saying goes. Economic hardship often leads to new ways of doing things or new inventions entirely. The 2020 COVID lockdowns put ...

The Great Depression was a catastrophic economic downturn ... raised the discount rate — the interest rate charged to member banks borrowing money, explained Marcus Witcher, an assistant ...

While this frugal habit, adopted by many households living through the Great Depression, is generally intended to save money on transportation costs like gas, it can also help to prevent against ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

For example, there are several frugal habits Gen Z is borrowing from the Great Depression era that help them to not only save money, but craft a more comfortable, happy, and fulfilling life.