The Crash of 1929 (1990)
55mNovember 19, 1990
Ellen Giffard
Director
Ronald Blumer
Writer
Rate
Diary
Overview
Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when reality finally struck, the consequences of such unbound optimism shocked the world.
