Financial History, Issue 131

Financial History Magazine

Issue 131 | Fall 2019

  • "From Crash to Scrip: The Stock Market Collapse of 1929 and the Rise of Fake Money," by Ralph Blumenthal
  • "An Entrepreneur’s Beginning," by Joe Ricketts
  • "Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company: How Oversight and Fraud Contributed to the Panic of 1857," by Ramon Vasconcellos
  • "Revisiting Keynes’ Economic Consequences," by Michael A. Martorelli
  • "Where Are They Now?: The First Boston Corporation," by Susie J. Pak
  • "Frank Norris’ 'The Pit' (Part 2)," by Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper
  • Book Review: "From Tulips to Bitcoins," by James P. Prout