![]() | When Wall Street Met Main Street Subjects: New York Stock Exchange -- History; Securities industry -- United States -- History; Securities -- United States -- History; Wall Street (New York N.Y.) -- History; The financial crisis that began in 2008 has made Americans keenly aware of the enormous impact Wall Street has on the economic well-being of the nation and its citizenry. How did financial markets and institutions-commonly perceived as marginal and elitist at the beginning of the twentieth century-come to be seen as the bedrock of American capitalism? How did stock investment-once considered disreputable and dangerous-first become a mass practice? Ott Julia C. : Julia C. Ott is Assistant Professor of History at The New School for Social Research. |
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