1929

Think your investments are safe? The 1929 crash wasn't just a historical footnote; it was a perfect storm of overconfidence, bad policy, and human greed. Uncover the critical lessons from Wall Street's greatest meltdown to better understand the risks you face today. You'll discover the eerie parallels between the Roaring Twenties and our modern economy, from new technologies driving speculative frenzies to the concentration of wealth. Go inside the minds of the era's titans and regulators to see exactly how market psychology and systemic flaws created a disaster.

Andrew Ross Sorkin is the renowned financial columnist for The New York Times, founder of DealBook, and a co-anchor of CNBC's "Squawk Box." His career is built on demystifying complex financial events for a global audience. He applies this signature investigative rigor to the 1929 crash, meticulously reconstructing the pivotal days and human decisions that forever altered the world's economic landscape, revealing timeless lessons on market psychology and systemic risk.