The 1920s: Bubble, Growth, or Gold? (Audio)
Listen to experts give a historical analysis of the 1920s and the causes of the Great Depression, including monetary policy and the stock...
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
Presider: Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
Introductory Speaker: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
March 30, 2009
This session was part of the CFR Symposium on a Second Look at the Great Depression and the New Deal, cosponsored by Dean Thomas Cooley of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, and supported by a special grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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