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The stock market's awful year ranks with the worst of the Great Depression

It was an ugly year for the ages.

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If your mother was pregnant during the Great Depression, years might have been taken off your life by the economy, study says

The study bolsters the case that “disparities in individuals begin to develop before we’re even born, before we can choose what to eat, before we can choose to exercise,” one of its authors told Fortune.

Fortune

Australian women cricketers brought back hope, rivalry in Test against England during Great Depression

When a group of women from all walks of life were asked to play in the inaugural Test cricket series against England in the summer of 1934, they brought hope of mending the fractured sporting relationship.

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Michael Hiltzik: How did America get addicted to a policy that fails everyone but the rich?

Here's the central riddle of U.S. politics since the Great Depression:

Los Angeles Times

Can we still unite to do big things?

When US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau opened the Bretton Woods Conference almost 80 years ago, he reminded delegates that failures of international cooperation had led to the Great Depression, social division and ultimately war. "Prosperity, like peace, is indivisible," he concluded, "we cannot afford to have it scattered…

Bangkok Post

Pandemic pain remains as Australia’s economic recovery leaves the poor behind

“Our recovery leads the world,” treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Australia on budget night last week. “We have overcome the biggest economic shock since the Great Depression.”

The Conversation

Two San Franciscos and meaning of survival amid NCAA Tournament games

SAN FRANCISCO — The hotel where Duke has stayed here for the NCAA Tournament is filled with marble and gold accents, a place of distinction. Its website tells tales of high society and perseverance, of rebuilding after the earthquake of 1906 and the Great Depression, when a prominent interior designer…

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Asean needs a forward-looking trade agreement

In 2009, against the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) signed the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) furthering its commitment to open and integrated regional trade. On March 16, against the Covid-19 pandemic and rising geopolitical crises, Asean economic ministers…

Bangkok Post

‘One-of-a-kind’ historic stonework is unearthed at this Indiana muni course

Great Depression-era stonework has been unearthed at this Indiana course, exposing results of the historic Works Progress Administration.

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'Yellowstone' Saga Expands with '1932' Prequel on Paramount+

The hit series “Yellowstone” is becoming a mothership with yet another prequel. The Paramount+ streaming service said it has ordered the series “1932,” about the roots of the Dutton ranching family first introduced in the contemporary drama "Yellowstone.” The cast and release date for “1932” were not announced. The new…

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