{"product_id":"john-kenneth-galbraith-the-great-crash-1929-2009-paperback","title":"John Kenneth Galbraith: The Great Crash 1929 [2009] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith's now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Crash\u003c\/i\u003e remains the definitive book on the most disastrous cycle of boom and bust in modern times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Great Crash 1929 \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the causes, effects, aftermath and long-term consequences of America's infamous financial meltdown, showing how rampant speculation and blind optimism sustained a market mania, and led to its terrible downward spiral. Galbraith also describes the people and the corporations at the heart of the financial community, and how they were affected by the disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  With its depiction of the 'gold-rush fantasy' ingrained in America's psychology, this penetrating study of human greed and folly contains lessons that are still vital today - and are now more relevant than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Lively and highly readable'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Galbraith is a considerable writer  - admonitory, ironic, patrician, funny'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'The definitive work on the subject'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A book you will read at a single sitting'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'One of the most engrossing books I have ever read'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJohn Kenneth Galbraith \u003c\/b\u003e(1908-2006) was a Canadian-American economist. A Keynesian and an institutionalist, Galbraith was a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and progressivism. Galbraith was the author of 30 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Economics of Innocent Fraud\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Crash: 1929\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA History of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galbraith, John Kenneth \u0026 Galbraith, James K.","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":52266094526803,"sku":"XG80141038254","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/galbraith-john-kenneth-galbraith-james-k-john-kenneth-galbraith-the-great-crash-1929-2009-paperback-xg80141038254-1200842799.jpg?v=1762023435","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/john-kenneth-galbraith-the-great-crash-1929-2009-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}