With fewer large factories to shut down, the state avoided the catastrophic industrial layoffs seen elsewhere.

New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin draws parallels between the stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great Depression, and today's economic uncertainty.

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Few people are alive anymore who remember living through the stock market crash of 1929. But plenty of people still view that fateful plunge as a worst-case scenario for what might befall investors.

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A compact and often illuminating history of the Great Depression, geared toward greater understanding of the 2008 financial meltdown and the current economy. Documentary maker William Karel forfeits ...

Few people are alive anymore who remember living through the stock market crash of 1929. But plenty of people still view that fateful plunge as a worst-case scenario for what might befall investors.