Andrew Ross Sorkin in Conversation about 1929
Nearly a century later, the stock market crash of 1929 still looms as a cautionary tale of unchecked speculation, ambition, and catastrophic collapse. In his new book 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation, Award-winning New York Times journalist and the bestselling author of Too Big To Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin revisits the greed, optimism, and hubris that fueled the boom and the infamous crash that heralded the Great Depression. Joined in conversation by fellow journalist Evan Smith, this session unpacks the human drama behind the numbers, the echoes of 1929 in today’s economy, and the timeless question of why we never seem to learn from the past.
- Book: 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
- Book Type: Non Fiction
- Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Moderator: Evan Smith
- Book Signing: 4:15 PM at The Main Book Signing Tent
