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The 1930s, WGBH Educational Foundation and WNET/Thirteen ; a Middlemarch Films production for The American experience ; produced by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; written by Ronald H. Blumer, Disc 1

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The 1930s

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WGBH Educational Foundation and WNET/Thirteen ; a Middlemarch Films production for The American experience ; produced by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; written by Ronald H. Blumer

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In 1929, there were few critics of a stock market seeming to rise without limits. In fact, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a "new Era" when everyone would be rich. Instead, the rich got richer, and ultimately the promise of a permanent economic boom disappeared almost overnight, when the consequences of a decade of market speculation and manipulation came to bear. Includes interviews with participants, historians, and economists, and film clips of the stock market experience

Introduction -- "Permanent prosperity" -- Wall Street welcomes main street -- Credit crunch -- Mass illusion -- The market crashes -- The end of an era

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Nineteen thirtiesCrash of 1929