They averaged over $8.2 billion each. Need some perspective on that $8.2 billion? The typical American worker, according to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor stats, would have to work over 136,000 ...

Society and culture were transformed. However, not all Americans lived the American dream. This video explores the economic boom and the Roaring Twenties through animation and archive footage.

The Dow Jones peaked in 1929 at 381 points before crashing 89% by 1932. Excessive consumer debt and use of margin accounts inflated the pre-crash stock market bubble. The crash limited lending and ...

With World War I in the rear-view mirror, a period of great economic growth was underway, along with the dawn of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age—eras of great social change. Prohibition began as ...