My History Can Beat Up Your Politics - CRASH PARTY 1929 - THE "ARK" OF COMMERCE

CRASH PARTY 1929 - THE "ARK" OF COMMERCE

12/17/24 • 96 min

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We are replaying our series on American business history with an eye to its inseparable effect on politics. In this look at American commercial history we discuss the Black Thursday Stock market crash, the early career of Thomas Edison, how a popular game evolved from a anticorporate activist, and how Wall Street was once in Philadelphia, so to speak.

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ARK OF COMMERCE SERIES COMING W/ EXTRA EPISODE ON PATREON. ALSO PARDONS AND MORE

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We will be running the Ark of Commerce series again between now and February. Also pardons, and more.

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BLACK MONDAY 1987 AND THE PRICE OF EGGS: ARK OF COMMERCE Series

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What's the stock market crash of 1987 got to do with the price of eggs/ Plenty, in a historical context. We look at the infamous crash of 1987 and how the computers did not save us. Nor did insurance which has a lot do with eggs, and eggs have a lot do with feeding Americans and making Americans a little money, and they have a lot do with needing markets - and sophisticated markets - so we'll talk about that.

Those who listened to this series in 2019 may notice that I am changing the order. With time, i've found placing the two stock market crashes together works. In the fourth episode of the revised order, we'll get to the next day of the crash - Terrible Tuesday.

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