When Wall Street Met Main Street - The Quest for an Investors'' Democracy

The financial crisis of 2008 made Americans keenly aware of the impact Wall Street has on the economic well-being of the nation and its citizenry. Ott shows how the government, corporations, and financial institutions transformed stock investment from an elite to a mass practice at the beginning of the twentieth century.

About the author

Julia C. Ott is Assistant Professor of History at The New School for Social Research.

Summary

The financial crisis of 2008 made Americans keenly aware of the impact Wall Street has on the economic well-being of the nation and its citizenry. Ott shows how the government, corporations, and financial institutions transformed stock investment from an elite to a mass practice at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Julia C Ott, Julia C. Ott, Ott Julia C.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2014
• EAN: 9780674417021
• ISBN: 978-0-674-41702-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Economics, finance, business & management, Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Business & management, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, History of the Americas, Investment and securities