Seeking Historical Prescedent? A run on Galbraith’s Book about the Great Crash of ’29

Erin McCune

October 29, 2008

[via Alan Rappeport at CFO.com]

Great crash
Those seeking historical context for today's credit crisis and hoping to learn from John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash of 1929 will have to wait. It's on back order at Amazon (until Nov 13) and apparently sold out of New York area bookstores.

In his updated introduction penned in 1997, Galbraith wrote, "Each time it has
been about to pass from print and the bookstores, another speculative
episode — another bubble or the ensuing misfortune — has stirred
interest in the history of this, the great modern case of boom and
collapse, which led to an unforgiving depression."

Interested? You might want to try your local library.

During her time at Glenbrook, Erin focused on client engagements in business payments, cross-border transactions, bill payment, and the intersection of corporate finance, banking, and ERP/accounting. She has nearly twenty years of experience leading increasingly complex payment initiatives for corporate clients and advising financial institutions and payment technologists on the development of their payment capabilities.

Erin is also the founder of Forte Financial, a consulting firm focused on corporate finance efficiency, technology, and process improvement. She is a past president of the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco and also a two-term past president of the San Francisco Treasury Management Association. Erin is no longer with Glenbrook, but contributed greatly during her time at the firm.

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