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The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Great Crash 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith

A short, sardonic history of the 1929 bubble and crash, reissued every time markets froth. Readable in an evening.

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Read it if…

you want to understand bubbles through the big one.

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Skip it if…

you want 2008; see Lords of Finance or The Big Short.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Bubbles recur.
  2. Leverage magnifies.
  3. Memory is short.

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Read the chapter on the speculative mood.

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1929 in brief.

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