The 100 Most Important American Financial Crises: An Encyclopedia of the Lowest Points in American Economic History Available to Purchase

The Library of Congress Subject Heading for the latest depression is Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009. But this was only one depression amongst many others, a squall started in the USA that caused a global storm. This encyclopedia covers all of them, starting with the 1676 Bacon’s Rebellion and ending with the most recent financial crisis. Some of the highlights along the way include Panics of 1793, 1819, 1837, the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, the Y2K panic and more. Timelines and primary documents are included, such as the 1913 Federal Reserve Act or the 1993 NAFTA text. In the electronic...