The Great Crash, 1929 crash described by Galbraith and the crash occurring in the Late 2000s recession. Revised editions of the book, each time with updated research and a more timely version of the introduction, were published in 1961, 1972, 1988, 1997 and 2009. Galbraith, J.K, "The Great Crash" 1929, Pelican, 1961 The Great Crash, 1929 The Great Crash, 1929 is a book written by John Kenneth Galbraith and published in 1955; it is an economic history of the lead-up to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The book argues that the 1929 stock market crash was precipitated by rampant speculation in the stock
Wall Street investors take on a role that has already been established for them. It is both appropriate and fitting to call Wall Street a culture because of the system of values and practices it holds onto. Moreover, anthropological insight can help improve the general public's understanding of Wall Street and in turn allow the public to appreciate the culture of Wall Street which is both logical and sensible to the workers themselves. Professor Katarina Sjöberg argues in "The Wall Street Culture" that within the media negative images of Wall Street are painted in terms of the district's market falls, money losses