What elevates 1929 beyond familiar accounts is the depth and seriousness of its research. Sorkin draws on diaries, weather reports, architectural records, private papers and an extraordinary range of ...

Andrew Ross Sorkin's "1929" is already a bestseller. Many who read this book will look for parallels to today.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Front Page from October 24th, 1929: Stocks Crash - Great Depression, 1929. Private Collection. Creator: Historic Object. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty ...

we are at risk of a crash like that? Do you think it's because of sort of financial engineering and innovations that are getting people to take bigger risks in the market? 00:29 Andrew Ross Sorkin So ...

The 1929 stock market crash wasn’t just a financial collapse; it was the moment the Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt. In a matter of days, fortunes were wiped out, optimism turned to panic, ...

With “Too Big to Fail”, Andrew Ross Sorkin “defined the story of the 2008 financial crisis”, said Pratinav Anil in The Times. Now he has turned his gaze to an “earlier frenzy of leverage and illusion” ...

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