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The Archive Hour: View from a Ledge - the Wall Street Crash

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On 24 October 1929 share prices fell dramatically on the New York Stock Exchange.
The fall, which became known as the Wall Street Crash, heralded a decade of economic chaos.
Peter Jay talks to leading economist JK Galbraith as he relives that fateful day, with contributions from two US presidents and a bootlegger who became a beggar.
Producers Philip Sellars and Neil George

Contributors

Talks:
Peter Jay
Unknown:
Jk Galbraith
Producers:
Philip Sellars
Producers:
Neil George
Source: Radio Times

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