<p><b>''One of the most engrossing books I have ever read'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br></b><br>John Kenneth Galbraith''s now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse remains the definitive book on the most disastrous cycle of boom and bust in modern times.<br><br>Vividly depicting the causes, effects, aftermath and long-term consequences of financial meltdown, Galbraith also describes the people and the corporations who were affected by the catastrophe. With its depiction of the ''gold-rush fantasy'' ingrained in America''s psychology, <i>The Great Crash 1929</i> remains a penetrating study of human greed and folly.</p>