Era: The Great Depression

1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Understanding the Business Cycle: Funding Economics Research

In nearly a century of activity in the field of economics, the Foundation initiated new research centers and training programs around the world.

Insanity Defense illustration in Harper's Weekly, February 27, 1859. Library of Congress.

1930s 1980s 1990s 2000-2010 20th Century 21st Century

The Commonwealth Fund and the “Insanity Defense”: Unexpected Outcomes

Our understanding of the insanity defense relies on a book that was an unintended outcome of a Commonwealth Fund grant.