One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing is being lost but money.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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Topic

Financial panics and bubbles

Author

John Kenneth Galbraith

Source

The Great Crash, 1929

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Economist Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash, 1929. Houghton Mifflin, 1955, ch. 1, sect. 2.

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Time
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Heidegger, Martin. "Bauen Wohnen Denken [Building Dwelling Thinking]." Darmstadt Symposium on Man and Space. 5 Aug. 1951, Darmstadt, Germany. Lecture.