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US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: 1990 91 Recession: How Bad Was the Labor Market? [Pdf]
"The 1990-91 recession: how bad was the labor market?" by Jennifer M. Gardner, from Monthly Labor Review Online, June 1994, Vol. 117, No. 6.
CNN
Cnn Money: Bush Says He Inherited Recession
CNN article discussing the origins of the 2001 recession. According to Bush and his administration, the US was already in recession when they came to power in January 2001.
Other
Nber: Looking for Signs of Recession?
From March 2001, this National Bureau of Economic Research article examines the worrisome signs that a recession may not be too far off in the future. Worrisome signs include decreased manufacturing levels, industrial production, and...
CNN
Cnn Money: Does a Recession Loom?
What caused the economic recession of 2001? According to this CNN Money article, a lack of consumer confidence to spend money, poor corporate performace, contraction in the manufacturing and retail sales sectors, and job layoffs.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using Fiscal Policy to Fight Recession, Unemployment, & Inflation
A learning module that uses charts and information to explain how expansionary and contractionary fiscal policies shift aggregate demand and influence the economy.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Great Recession
In 2008, America faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Examine how we got to this point and how the government worked to end it the crisis. Examine the following resource that contains a summary, graphs,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 12: Balancing Keynesian and Neoclassical Models
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Evaluate how neoclassical economists and Keynesian economists react to recessions and Analyze the interrelationship between the neoclassical and Keynesian economic models.
PBS
Pbs: Issues Leading to the 2008 Economic Recession: Mr. Weill Goes to Washington
The repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 may have been one factor in bringing on the 2008 economic recession in the United States. It allowed investment banking and commercial banking to operate within the same financial institution,...
University of California
Roho: 1990 1992 Early 1990s Recession
A brief description of the recession at the end of George H.W. Bush's presidency, its causes, and results.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Recessional" by H. H. Munro
Text of the short story "The Recessional" by H. H. Munro. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour Extra: u.s. Economy's Troubles Hurt Alternative Energy Plans
Because of recession and the costs of gas on the decline, many worry that the search for new forms of energy will be put on hold. Read and discuss as a class these concerns. October 24, 2008
OpenStax
Open Stax: Challenges of the Twenty First Century: The Domestic Mission
Overview of the domestic issues facing the Bush administration during the first decade of the 21st Century, including education, recession, war, and Hurricane Katrina. Site provides questions for discussion, glossary and links to primary...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 11: Aggregate Demand in Keynesian Analysis
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Evaluate the Keynesian view of recessions through an understanding of sticky wages and prices and the importance of aggregate demand; explain the coordination argument,...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Facing the New Millenium
[Free Registration/Login Required] A thought-provoking essay discusses the political, social, and technological trends facing the United States at the turn of the 21st century. Of particular focus is the Bush presidency, 9/11, and the...
Digital History
Digital History: The Depression of 1937
Read about the "Roosevelt Recession" that resulted from the slashing of government spending because of rosy economic news in 1936. Find out how opposition to the New Deal kept it from being expanded to help the country out of recession...
Other
Texas Wide Open for Business: State to State Comparison [Pdf]
A graphical comparison of employment data that shows how well Texas fared between 2008-20013 (before and after the recession), against how poorly other states fared.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Monthly Labor Review: Job Growth in the 1990s: A Retrospect [Pdf]
An article excerpt that documents how job growth in the 1990s helped to turn around the recession.
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Business Cycles
This video teaches the concept of Business Cycles. The pattern in which economies have periods of recession and then also periods of economic expansion or recovery is known as the business cycle.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Chapter 5: Tracking Real Gdp Over Time
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain recessions, depressions, peaks, and troughs; evaluate the importance of tracking real GDP over time; and analyze the impact of economic fluctuations on a country's output and price...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Trump University Profit Off Foreclosure Crisis
Arizona had one of the nation's highest foreclosure rates during the 2008 recession. That year, Trump University tempted Phoenix residents to make money off those foreclosures.
The White House
The White House: Recovery, Your Money at Work
Explains to everyone what the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is meant to do, track the spending associated with the act, and provide accountability for the act.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Obama Outlines Economic Plan in Address to Congress
President Obama addresses Congress with his plan for the economy following his signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Teachers and leaders can utilize the discussion questions provided. February 25, 2009
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