The Great Crash 1929

One of the most engrossing books I have ever read Daily TelegraphJohn Kenneth Galbraiths now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse remains the definitive book on the most disastrous cycle of boom and bust in modern times.Vividly depicting the causes effects aftermath and long-term consequences of financial meltdown Galbraith also describes the people and the corporations who were affected by the catastrophe. With its depiction of the gold-rush fantasy ingrained in Americas psychology The Great Crash 1929 remains a penetrating study of human greed and folly. About the Author John Kenneth Galbraith born in 1908 was one of the twentieth centurys most influential economists. He produced dozens of books and hundreds of articles on economics politics foreign policy and the arts his most famous including the popular trilogy on economicsAmerican Capitalism (1952)The Affluent Society (1958) andThe New Industrial State (1967). He taught at Harvard University for many years and was also active in politics serving as an adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.