Introduction
This project will examine the various economic theories that permeated fiscal policy between the era that led into the Great Depression through the end… Read more »
Category: David Farnham
The Great Depression Era: The Buildup and Subsequent Crash
“Monetary Ease – New Federal Reserve Governor”, Overseas Correspondence from The Economist, September 28, 1927 This excerpt from The Economist was published on September 28, 1927 in the London company’s New York correspondent. The… Read more »
Revitalizing the Economy: World War One and the 1950s
“30% Slash Predicted by Batt – He offers Program to Sustain War Production”, The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 1942 This excerpt is from a Wall Street Journal article published on… Read more »
A Return to Economic Peril
Lyndon B. Johnson in Martin County, Kentucky (1964) This famous photo depicts President Lyndon B. Johnson sitting on the porch of Mr. Tom Fletcher’s home in Inez, Kentucky on April… Read more »
Reaganomics
President Reagan’s Address to the Nation on the Economy (February 2, 1981) On February 2, 1981, Ronald Reagan addressed the general public from the Oval Office in the White House with… Read more »
The Decade of Prosperity
Presidential Debate: Bill Clinton on the National Debt (October 15, 1992) In this clip from the October 15, 1992 presidential debate held at the University of… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources A Crowd of Speculators Gather in Front of the New York Stock Exchange on Black Thursday, 24 October 1929.October 24, 1929. Gamma-Keystone, Getty Images, New York City. APWUcommunications. U.S…. Read more »