‘Disorder, fright and confusion’: looking back at the devastating Wall Street crash of 1929 - short news
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book 1929 takes readers back to the crash that changed the US and looks at what we can learn from it today
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s first book, Too Big to Fail, was a bestseller about the financial crisis of 2008, published the following year. His second, 1929, out this week, takes readers “Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History – and How it Shattered a Nation”.
It’s been 16 years between books, but Sorkin hasn’t been idle. A..
source: The Guardian - 19.10.2025