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The World in Depression, 1929-1939 by Charles P. Kindleberger | Session 2
Reading Group
Location:
Online
Type:
Other
YSI Presenters
Description
From the book description:
"In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global financial markets: panic, the power of contagion, and importance of hegemony."
This week's reading:
Chapter 6 – The Slide to the Abyss
Chapter 7 – 1931
Chapter 8 – More Deflation
Chapter 9 – The World Economic Conference
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Attendees
Jay Pocklington
Siddharth Pannir
Ayoze Alfageme
Aswathi Nair
Alex Howlett
Lindsay McGrath
Rok Piletic
Ádám Kerényi
Jonah Wolf
Zane Rubaii
MARIUS DEBONAIRE MBETGA
Rajeev K. Upadhyay
Farwa Naqvi
Samhitha Narayan
Divya Sharma
Pavel Porozov
Veronika Poór
Robert Yee
Nicole Wang
Salwa Mansuri
Falco Drießen
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