Taming the Street : the old guard, the New Deal, and FDR's fight to regulate American capitalism / Diana B. Henriques.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henriques, Diana B., author.

Contributor:

Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York Stock Exchange--History.

New York Stock Exchange.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Stock Market Crash, 1929.

Depressions--1929.

Depressions.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.

Economic history.

Social conditions.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xxii, 431 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Old guard, the New Deal, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fight to regulate American capitalism

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2023]

Summary:

"Taming the Street tells the epic story of the FDR's battle to regulate Wall Street for the very first time in the wake of the Crash of 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression. Deeply reported and vividly told, it provides a trip back to a time when the power of concentrated wealth in America arguably exceeded that of the federal government. Roosevelt's campaign to curb the excesses of the market, end reckless speculation, and mitigate the disastrous boom-and-bust cycle is one of the great untold dramas in American history, and as it unfolded, its outcome was far from clear. Henriques has written this book for two main reasons: First, because it's a vital history that needs to be preserved and properly told; and as importantly, because the battle lines that were drawn in that time are the very same battle lines that define our politics today. Taming the Street is a book rooted in the drama of the 1930s, but as inequality in America has again reached Jazz Age levels, one of Henriques' many ambitions for the book is to bring to life a time when the system worked in the public interest. An idealistic time when we knew what had to be done, and summoned the will to do it, against the power of an American oligarchy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

A quartet for a calamity

Descending into silence

Confidence, cooperation, and creation

Power to the people

An ocean of unfinished business

Defending against deregulation

The New Deal Acts, the Old Guard blinks

An anatomy of self-destruction

The gentleman's code

Doubts and departures

The fight for the future

Epilogue

Cast of characters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Henriques, Diana B. Taming the Street

ISBN:

9780593132647

0593132645

OCLC:

1356890472

Publisher Number:

99994980848