The Great Crash, 1929
Author(s): John Kenneth Galbraith
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.
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John Kenneth Galbraith wrote more than 30 books, spanning four decades. He was awarded honorary degrees from Harvard, Oxford, the University of Paris and Moscow University. He was the Paul M Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University. He died in 2006.
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.17
- : 30 September 1992
- : 198mm X 129mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 31 May 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : John Kenneth Galbraith
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 338.54097309
- : 224
- : Economic history; American history: from c 1900 -