A secondary rabbit hole for the day: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. The Smoot-Hawley act raised tariffs on imported goods and was intended to help American farmers, but it ended up making the Great Depression worse. - ThreadSky

justnowahow.bsky.social • 31 days ago

A secondary rabbit hole for the day: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. The Smoot-Hawley act raised tariffs on imported goods and was intended to help American farmers, but it ended up making the Great Depression worse.