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Dollars and Depressions

Episode five: the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the Great Depression

American historians give Christopher Cook their accounts of vital moments in the making of the United States.

Episode five: the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

"This speculating euphoria had within itself, its own seeds of destruction, so when prices started to go down, that was a signal for everybody to say 'I've got to get out now!'" JK Galbraith.

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28 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project