In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history, Scott Nations, a longtime trader, financial engineer, and CNBC contributor, takes us on a journey through the five significant stock market crashes in the past century to reveal how they defined the United States todayThe Panic of 1907: When the Knickerbocker Trust Company failed, after a brazen attempt to manipulate the stock market led to a disastrous run on the banks, the Dow lost nearly half its value in weeks....在这吸收、聪明和容易接近的经济和文化历史的融合中，Scott.，一位长期的交易员、金融工程师，以及CNBC的贡献者，带领我们经历了过去一个世纪五次重大的股市崩溃，揭示了他们如何定义今天的美国。1907年的恐慌：当尼克博克信托公司破产时，在厚颜无耻地操纵股票市场导致银行灾难性的挤兑之后，道琼斯指数在几周内损失了将近一半的价值……