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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History

53 pointsby mitchboblast Wednesday at 5:01 AM46 commentsview on HN

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softwaredougyesterday at 9:40 PM

“The Great Depression: A Diary” is a great day by day first person account of someone living through the depression. It’s a great reminder how we don’t have a monopoly on insane politics

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6601224-the-great-depres...

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mitchboblast Wednesday at 5:01 AM

> Andrew Ross Sorkin’s history of the 1929 stock market crash reminds us that financial bubbles are inevitable—and that another one may be about to pop.

https://archive.ph/GQeez

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sega_saitoday at 12:14 AM

It is a pretty good book, but when I got, I personally hoped for more finance in it. A large fraction of the book is devoted to people.

tartoranyesterday at 8:58 PM

We may see it again soon

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2OEH8eoCRo0yesterday at 11:11 PM

When all was said and done the market crashed by 89% and took 25 years to recover to the previous high.

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lokinorkyesterday at 11:32 PM

Perhaps the greatest buying opportunity of all time.

iainctduncanyesterday at 9:47 PM

... "so far."

OrangePilledyesterday at 9:53 PM

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