num_pages: 224
description: This work examines the 'gold-rush fantasy' in American psychology and describes its dire consequences. The Florida land boom, the operations of Insull, Kreuger and Hatry, and the Shandoah Corporation all come together in Galbraith's study of concerted human greed and folly.
language: English
title: The Great Crash, 1929
titlecomplete: The Great Crash, 1929
genres: Business, Historical, Politics, Nonfiction, American History, Economics, Classics, Finance, Money, History
ratings_count: 5554
publisher: Penguin Books