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Calumet, MI High School Fire, Jan 1929 Posted August 28th, 2008 by Stu Beitler HIGH SCHOOL DESTROYED BY BLAZE.

Some economists regard the 1929 stock market crash as major contributing factor to the great depression. The speculative boom of the 1920?s caused the crash because of the build up of the economic bubble. The bubble was formed because in the 1920s, as the stock prices were increasing, many people invested in the market.

...you make Neville Chamberlain look competent and hawkish on military affairs/foreign policy. This from Chicago Boyz: The radar-and-communications network that protected Britain from air attack during WWII was also an «unproven technology» when it was deployed: it is very fortunate that Neville Chamberlain, rather than Barack Obama, was Prime Minister of Britain at the time.

[2008 U.S. Postage Stamp 'Black Cinema USA 42' Honors Duke Ellington Film 'Black and Tan']U.S. Postal Service:BLACK AND TANReleased in 1929, the 19-minute film Black and Tan features Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra performing “The Duke Steps Out,” “Black Beauty,” and “Black and Tan

According to Aurthur M. Schlesinger,jr. , in his book "Crisis of the Old Order," he points out that before the New Deal of FDR, the United States experienced a severe depression about every twenty years, including 1819, 1837, 1857, 1873, 1893, 1907 and 1929.

water_skipper asked: What was the PE of the stock market before and after the stock market crash of 1929? What I’m really wondering, was that stock market really a “bubble” crashing?

My friend, R.I., and I have an ongoing argument. She thinks the corporate rich in the US don’t care about our country and are perfectly content to lay waste to our economy. Many are already galloping off to China and India to rape and plunder those emerging markets.

When You’re Right; You’re Right: Posted by Mike Folkerth on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 · 5 comments Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air. Bear with me here, I want to re-run one more piece because I think that it is extremely important to consider at this point.

The 1929 Stock Market Crash Essential Events Set 2 Buy/More Info

The Great Crash July 20th, 2008 Want to learn more about Black Tuesday and the events surrounding that horrible moment for the stock market? Then you might want to check out the perspective of a person who actually lived through it. Namely, try reading John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash, 1929.