Table of Contents

Preface Was the Stock Market Too High? The Hatry Case and the 1929 Stock Market Crash The Attempts to Stop the Speculators The Week of March 25, 1929 Significant News and Dates in the Month of October 1929 Investment Trusts and Margin Buying The Public Utility Sector The Accused An Overview of the Causes of the Crash The 1929 Market and the 1990s Bibliography Index

About the Author

HAROLD BIERMAN, JR. is the Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Business Administration at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. He is the author of several books, including The Great Myths of 1929 and the Lessons to Be Learned (Greenwood, 1991).

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