“A wise man never sells out at the first sign of trouble. That’s for the pikers.”
This is the story of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.
On October 24, or “Black Thursday,” stock prices plunge unexpectedly. Early the next week, whatever was left of the bottom falls out on “Black Tuesday.” The New York Stock Exchange has crashed. The Roaring 20s are over.
But wh ... Show More
Jul 13
208: The Pacific War, 1942–43: Guadalcanal, the Aleutians, and Operation Vengeance
“Guadalcanal is not the name of an island. It is the name of the graveyard of the Japanese army.”This is the story of America's first major offensive in the Pacific since Midway.Amid hard fighting among the frozen peaks of Attu at the tail end of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Am ... Show More
59m 7s
Jul 6
Introducing: Government That Doesn't Suck! with Professors Greg Jackson and Lindsey Cormack
Episode 1: We The Founders (The Constitution) | Introducing Government That Doesn’t SuckFollow GTDS on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.What if the Constitution isn't a dusty relic, but a living document built to be argued over, amended, and improved by eve ... Show More
48m 26s
Jul 2
The Declaration of Independence at 250
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, as read by Professor Greg Jackson and fellow citizens: Lindsey Cormack co-host of Government That Doesn’t Suck, Ben Sawyer and Bob Crawford of The Road to Now, Colleen Shogan of In Pursuit, Lindsay Graham host of ... Show More
11m 6s
Feb 2019
The Great Depression - The Crash | 1
The Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt on October 29, 1929, with the collapse of the U.S. stock market. A year earlier, president Herbert Hoover had coasted to victory by promising the American people “a chicken for every pot” and “a car in every backyard.” Lured by the p ... Show More
37m 18s
Feb 2022
Classic 05: A History of 5 Stock Market Crashes w/ Scott Nations
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:18 - An in-depth analysis of the stock market crashes in 1907, 1929, 1987, 2008, and 2010 06:57 - The similarities between the FED’s monetary policy in 1929 and today 16:02 - How the stock market could decline by 22.6% in a single day in 1987 26: ... Show More
49m 3s
Dec 2019
Buried by the Wall Street Crash
Both of the world’s greatest economists, Irving Fisher and John Maynard Keynes, thought they could see into the future and make a killing on the stock market - and then both were wiped out by the Wall Street Crash. One died a pauper, the other millionaire. What does it take to bo ... Show More
36m 1s
Jun 2023
When is the Next Great Financial Crash Coming?
Since the Wall Street Crash in 1929, financial meltdowns have repeatedly sent shockwaves through our world. From the currency crises of the 1980s and 1990s, to Japan’s housing crash, the dot com boom and bust, the global financial meltdown, the euro crisis and the COVID pandemic. ... Show More
42m 26s