Crash!
Subtitle: how the economic boom & bust of the 1920s worked
By: Phillip G. Payne
Series: How things worked; How things worked
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781421418551; 9781421418568
Subjects: Economic policy; Depressions; Economic conditions; Stock Market Crash, 1929
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: how panic spreads; title: How in the 1920s the American economy promoted speculation; title: How business culture encouraged consumer spending; title: How the market grew bullish; title: How the economy crashed; title: How the New Deal changed the financial sector; title: Epilogue: how this time is (not) different.