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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 – Part 2: Age of Illusion

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Wall Street and the Stock Market

Last time, we followed the early life of one of the most celebrated day traders who ever prowled the hunting grounds of wall street. In 19 29, jessie livermore was attempting to repair his marriage to his second wife, dorothy, as the wedding ring he had given her set on the band. But aside from his personal life, it was crucial to jesse livermore for one other reason when he realized that the american stock market was going to collapse. He didn't know how bad but he just knew it wasn't good. As a harvard law professor named zachariah chaffey junior said at the qot, we have long desired to be

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