did tariffs cause the Great Depression? "Certainly not," says Gary Richardson, economics professor at the University of California, Irvine and former historian of the Federal Reserve System.

“The Great Depression was pretty well planned ... with a more well-known body of conspiracy theories about the Federal Reserve, and of supposed communist infiltration of the banking ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

In his remarks on Wednesday, Trump said the Great Depression "would have ... which increased tariffs to try to boost federal revenue and end the Depression, but historians and economists widely ...

Instead, the 31st president got the Great Depression. Trump ... it was to our benefit,” said Richardson, also a former Federal Reserve System historian. “Now, we’re going back to something ...

Overproduction, executive inaction, ill-timed tariffs, and an inexperienced Federal Reserve all contributed to the Great Depression. The Great Depression’s legacy includes social programs ...

In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep ... we thought it was to our benefit," said Richardson, also a former Federal Reserve System historian. "Now, we're going back to something else." ...