Panic in the Loop: Chicago's Banking Crisis of 1932

by Raymond B. Vickers

Book Overview

Relying on a broad array of records used together for the first time, Panic in the Loop reveals widespread fraud and insider abuse by bankers--and the complicity of corrupt politicians--that caused the Chicago banking debacle of 1932. It provides a fresh interpretation of the role played by bankers who turned the nation's financial crisis of the early 1930s into the decade-long Great Depression. It also calls for the abolition of secrecy that still...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739166417
• ISBN13: 9780739166413
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"