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  2009

  March 30, 2009

  The 1920s: Bubble, Growth, or Gold? (Audio)

  Speakers:	Michael Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial History, Rutgers University Edward C. Prescott, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences; W.P. Carey Chair in Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets and Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University
  Introductory Speaker:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

  Audio

  Listen to experts give a historical analysis of the 1920s and the causes of the Great Depression, including monetary policy and the stock market crash in 1929.

  This session was part of the CFR-New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business symposium: A Second Look at the Great Depression, which was made possible through the generous support of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

  See more in Economics, Financial Crises

   

   

  March 30, 2009

  The 1920s: Bubble, Growth, or Gold? (Video)

  Speakers:	Michael Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial History, Rutgers University Edward C. Prescott, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences; W.P. Carey Chair in Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets and Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University
  Introductory Speaker:	Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

  Video

  Watch experts give a historical analysis of the 1920s and the causes of the Great Depression, including monetary policy and the stock market crash in 1929.

  This session was part of the CFR-New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business symposium: A Second Look at the Great Depression, which was made possible through the generous support of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

  See more in Economics, Financial Crises

   

   

  March 30, 2009, New York

  The 1920s: Bubble, Growth, or Gold?

  Speakers:

  Michael Bordo, Professor of Economics, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial History, Rutgers University Benn Steil, Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets, Professor of Economics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University Edward C. Prescott, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, W.P. Carey Chair of Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

  Presider:

  Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  Session One of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on a Second Look at the Great Depression and the New Deal. A panel focusing on what occurred economically during the 1920s that contributed to the Crash in 1929.

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