WHEN WALL STREET MET MAIN STREET
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Finance & Investing, Investments & Securities, Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | Julia C. Ott | ISBN: | 9780674061217 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julia C. Ott |
| ISBN: | 9780674061217 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
The financial crisis of 2008 made Americans keenly aware of the impact Wall Street has on the economic well-being of the nation and its citizenry. Ott shows how the government, corporations, and financial institutions transformed stock investment from an elite to a mass practice at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The financial crisis of 2008 made Americans keenly aware of the impact Wall Street has on the economic well-being of the nation and its citizenry. Ott shows how the government, corporations, and financial institutions transformed stock investment from an elite to a mass practice at the beginning of the twentieth century.
