by J K Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140136098
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John Kenneth Galbraith's 'The Great Crash, 1929' examines the causes and consequences of the 1929 financial collapse. Galbraith offers a detailed analysis of the rampant speculation, failed economic policies, and irrational optimism that led to the crisis. This classic study provides a valuable insight into the fragility of financial markets and the lessons that can be learned from economic history.
John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. He served as the deputy director of the powerful Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II in charge of stabilizing all prices, wages and rents in the American economy, to combat the threat of inflation and hoarding during a time of shortages and rationing, a task which was successfully accomplished.
