Binding: Hardcover
Description: During the interwar period J. P. Morgan was the most important bank in the world and at the crossroads of US politics international relations and finance. In J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Crisis of Capitalism Martin Horn brings us the first in - depth history of how J. P. Morgan responded to the greatest crisis in the history of financial capitalism shedding new light on the Great Depression the New Deal and the coming of World War II. Horn shows how J. P. Morgan & Co as a business responded to the 1929 Crash and the Depression including its part in the New York Stock Exchange Crash arguing that the Morgan partners misread the seriousness of the crash. He also offers new insights into the interactions of politics and finance exploring J. P. Morgan's relationship with the Hoover administration and the bank's clash with Roosevelt over New Deal legislation.
Title: J. P. Morgan & Co. And The Crisis Of Capitalism From The Wall Street Crash To World War Ii
Author(s): Horn Martin (Mcmaster University Ontario)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108498371
Pages: 406 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 5/19/2022
Category: Economic History