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how the economic boom & bust of the 1920s worked

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An edition of Crash! (2015)

Crash!

how the economic boom & bust of the 1920s worked

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"Speculation--an economic reality for centuries--is a hallmark of the modern U.S. economy. But how does speculation work? Is it really caused, as some insist, by popular delusions and the madness of crowds, or do failed regulations play a greater part? And why is it that investors never seem to learn the lessons of past speculative bubbles? Crash! explores these questions by examining the rise and fall of the American economy in the 1920s. Phillip G. Payne frames the story of the 1929 stock market crash within the booming New Era economy of the 1920s and the bust of the Great Depression. Taking into account the emotional drivers of the consumer market, he offers a clear, concise explanation of speculation's complex role in creating one of the greatest financial panics in United States history. Crash! explains how post-World War I changes in the global financial markets transformed the world economy, examines the role of boosters and politicians in promoting speculation, and describes in detail the disastrous aftermath of the 1929 panic. Payne's book will help students recognize the telltale signs of bubbles and busts, so that they may become savvier consumers and investors"--

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English
Pages
142

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Crash!: How the Economic Boom and Bust of the 1920s Worked
2015, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Cover of: Crash!
Crash!: how the economic boom & bust of the 1920s worked
2015, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Prologue: how panic spreads
How in the 1920s the American economy promoted speculation
How business culture encouraged consumer spending
How the market grew bullish
How the economy crashed
How the New Deal changed the financial sector
Epilogue: how this time is (not) different.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
How things worked, How things worked

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
330.973/0915
Library of Congress
HC106.3 .P3517 2015, HC106.3.P3517 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 142 pages
Number of pages
142

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27212419M
ISBN 10
142141855X, 1421418568
ISBN 13
9781421418551, 9781421418568
LCCN
2015008453
OCLC/WorldCat
907657476

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