Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when reality finally struck, the consequences of such unbound optimism shocked the world.
Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when reality finally struck, the consequences of such unbound optimism shocked the world.
Philip BoscoNarrator
Reuben L. CainSelfWilliam C. DurantSelf (archive footage)
Thomas A. EdisonSelf (archive footage)
Henry FordSelf (archive footage)
Herbert HooverSelf (archive footage)
John Kenneth Galbraith
J. P. MorganSelf (archive footage)Robert SobelSelf
William Howard TaftSelf (archive footage)
Calvin CoolidgeSelf (archive footage)
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Ellen Giffard
Muffie Meyer
