J.P. Morgan & Co. and the Crisis of Capitalism: From the Wall Street Crash to World War II (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108498371)

During the interwar period, J.P. Morgan was the most important bank in the world and at the crossroads of US politics, international relations and finance. In J.P. Morgan & Co. and the Crisis of Capitalism, Martin Horn brings us the first in-depth history of how J.P. Morgan responded to the greatest crisis in the history of financial capitalism, shedding new light on the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the coming of World War II. Horn shows how J.P. Morgan & Co as a business responded to the 1929 Crash and the Depression, including its part in the New York Stock Exchange Crash, arguing that the Morgan partners misread the seriousness of the crash. He also offers new insights into the interactions of politics and finance, exploring J.P. Morgan's relationship with the Hoover administration and the bank's clash with Roosevelt over New Deal legislation.

Author: Martin Horn
ISBN-10: 110849837X
ISBN-13: 9781108498371
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2022
Pages: 406
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2022