The Great Crash 1929
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The Great Crash 1929
| Full title | The Great Crash, 1929 |
|---|---|
| Author | John Kenneth Galbraith |
| Published | 1955 |
| Pages | 206 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | John Kenneth Galbraith’s 1955 account of the speculative mania of 1927–1929 — investment trusts, margin accounts, the Florida land boom before it — arguing the crash was the predictable end of a mood rather than an accident of policy, and that the machinery of speculation is always rebuilt because memory is short. The canonical short account of 1929, and the reference point every later bubble book argues with. |
Where I heard about it
- Tyler Cosgrove (@tylercosgrove) — on his list of 25 books he offered to send to Jared Kushner, October 2025.
About this edition
This is Galbraith’s 1955 book, not Andrew Ross Sorkin’s 2025 book — two different books about the same crash. The Sorkin one is 1929 (Sorkin), and reading them side by side is the point of having both.
Connections
- 1929 (Sorkin) — the other 1929 book on the same list. Sorkin’s 2025 narrative, not this one.
- John Kenneth Galbraith — the author.
- Bubble — the concept this book largely defined for a general readership.
- Wall Street — the subject.
- Financial History — the section of the anti-library this sits in.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.