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A history of the United States in five crashes : stock market meltdowns that defined a nation / Scott Nations.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, [2018]Description: xiv, 336 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062467287
  • 006246728X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.542
LOC classification:
  • HB 3743 N277h 2018
Contents:
Preface -- Panic : 1907 -- Crash : 1929 -- Black Monday : 1987 -- Meltdown : 2008 -- Flash crash : 2010 -- Epilogue.
Summary: The Panic of 1907. Black Tuesday (1929). Black Monday (1987). The Great Recession (2008). The Flash Crash (2010). Taken together they tell the story of a nation reaching enormous heights of financial power while experiencing precipitous dips that alter and reset a market where millions of Americans invest their savings, and on which they depend for their futures. Nations blends economic and cultural history to show how each of these major crashes provided painful lessons that have strengthened us and helped us to build the nation we know today.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 3743 N277h 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000164799

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface --
Panic : 1907 --
Crash : 1929 --
Black Monday : 1987 --
Meltdown : 2008 --
Flash crash : 2010 --
Epilogue.

The Panic of 1907. Black Tuesday (1929). Black Monday (1987). The Great Recession (2008). The Flash Crash (2010). Taken together they tell the story of a nation reaching enormous heights of financial power while experiencing precipitous dips that alter and reset a market where millions of Americans invest their savings, and on which they depend for their futures. Nations blends economic and cultural history to show how each of these major crashes provided painful lessons that have strengthened us and helped us to build the nation we know today.

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