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Economists and business leaders desperately tried to get the stubborn president and Congressional leaders to see reason, to ...
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 ...
The last time the US raised tariffs this much it made the Great Depression way worse
Trump's tariff hike mirrors the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which exacerbated the Great Depression and led to a major shift ...
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Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different
The Great Depression began with “Black Tuesday ... The economy wouldn’t begin its recovery until the outbreak of World War II increased demand for factory production in 1939.