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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Depression is remembered as one of the most difficult periods in American history. In 1933 alone, nearly 13 million ...

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Economics professor Christopher Clarke joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about The Great Depression. What caused The Great Depression? How bad as The Great Depression? What did ...

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When you hear about the Great Depression, certain iconic images probably flash through your mind—long breadlines, dusty ...

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Police are looking for the person responsible for stealing a historic bronze marker in the Denver metro area.