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The Great Crash 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith

  • FINISHED
  • Finished August 2019
  • First published 1955

economics markets crises history

Galbraith tells the story of the 1929 stock market collapse and what led up to it.   He focuses on speculation, borrowed money and the weakness of the banking system.