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To: Lazamataz

Spanish Flu lead to 1920 depression which was short but a steep drop in GDP.


31 posted on 02/23/2020 7:50:23 PM PST by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification.)
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To: grumpygresh

More like the unexpected early end of World War I led to that.

No less than legendary stock player Jesse Livermore realized the significance of the Armistice on the markets (tons of military contracts cancelled, and lots of overproduction that suddenly had no market), and he was right.


32 posted on 02/23/2020 7:56:54 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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