Roaring Twenties to the Crash of 1929
Panelists, including financial editor James Grant and author Amity Shlaes, talked about the the decade following World War I. Throughout… read more
Panelists, including financial editor James Grant and author Amity Shlaes, talked about the the decade following World War I. Throughout the 1920s, the U.S. stock market experienced a period of unprecedented growth during which stocks more than quadrupled in value. But in 1929, the nation, and much of the Western world, was brought to its knees in one of the worst economic disasters in modern history. close
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