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The Great Crash
The Great Crash
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Of Galbraith's classic examination of the 1929 financial collapse, the Atlantic Monthly said:"Economic writings are seldom notable for their entertainment value, but this book is. Galbraith's prose has grace and wit, and he distills a good deal of sardonic fun from the whopping errors of the nation's oracles and the wondrous antics of the financ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780395139356
ISBN-10: 039513935X
Publication Date: 4/8/1988
Pages: 206
Edition: 50th anniversary ed
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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The economist J. K. Galbraith reports the build up to the 1929 stock market crash through the roaring twenties, the unregulated hyper-investing hysteria that gripped the nation, and then describes the crash with detail & analysis of the period before & after. This is a good insight on how Wall Street worked back then, and how it is in a similar situation today! "Bubbles" have been around for centuries!


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