City week

Title

City week

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

TX Date

Oct 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:23:26

Description

City Week special with Tom Maddocks focusing on the 50th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The programme coincides with the publication of The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts and the mainly consists of IRN financial editor Douglas Moffitt interviewing Gordon Thomas. Comparisons are made between the situation in 1929 and the current economic climate. Studio engineer Tony Circum(?).

Contributors

Tom Maddocks; Douglas Moffitt; Tony Circum(?); Gordon Thomas

Keywords

Books; Economics; Economic systems; Economic recession; Share dealing; Stock exchanges; Anniversaries; Wall Street Crash (1929); The Day the Bubble Burst

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