The Economy

[Lazaran]

1929 is a really good read. It would make a good TV series, which would also be good for public education.

Low education voters wouldn’t “get” it.

Low information voters wouldn’t watch it.

Decent, intelligent individuals (high information - high education voters) ALREADY understood most of the similarities between “then and now” that Sorkin reportedly "discovered".



I imagine some "elites" might "enjoy" it…



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[coati]

No, you are lying .... the silver market is controlled by the tribe, supply and demand....as well as 50 years of democrat deficit spending, bullshit social programs and a war we are funding in Ukraine, that China, Russia and India are leveraging silver to destroy the US economy... you are far too shallow, blind and filled with hatred to visualize the truth even when this shitfuckery drains your wallet while you huddle on the street similar to commercial beaver

You sound upset.

You'll still be blaming Democrats and others even after the Pig totally crashes the economy with his chaotic tariff policies and deficit spending.

That's why your simple-minded theories are irrelevant and ignored.

 

[Wilson23]

That's why your simple-minded theories are irrelevant and ignored.

But still win elections.

 

[coati]

But still win elections.

Look at the election results during the past year. Two-bit payoffs and rigging the Fed will not change that election trend.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Decent, intelligent individuals (high information - high education voters) ALREADY understood most of the similarities between “then and now” that Sorkin reportedly "discovered".

The book isn’t a comparison between 1929 and now. It’s the story of what happened then, and focuses on some of the people who were heavily involved.

 

[Lazaran]

The book isn’t a comparison between 1929 and now. It’s the story of what happened then, and focuses on some of the people who were heavily involved.

Yeah, but it’s getting "acclaim" and generating "buzz" because of the similarities- which Sorkin is playing off / profiting from.

And the whole while Sorkin is playing coy about the obvious similarities - refusing to come right out and say what everyone (decent, intelligent individuals) else CLEARLY recognizes.



Sorkin is becoming redundant and tedious (and somewhat patronizing), imho.

It’s like the guy is trying to "break the news to the kids gently" - even as the smart kids are way ahead of him, the low education kids won’t understand regardless, and the low information kids won’t care regardless…



Sorkin is the classic example of the pejorative "elite".



See also (From “PageSix”:

Power crowd including Dimon, Bloomberg, Ackman and Martha at Waldorf-Astoria bash for Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book, ‘1929’​

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Published Oct. 15, 2025, 1:33 a.m. ET
It was apropos that the newly renovated Waldorf Astoria New York was the scene where a roomful of power brokers toasted Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book “1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History – and How It Shattered a Nation” this week.

The Astor family sold the hotel (then in a different location) in 1929 to the developers of the Empire State Building, and financing was set up for the new Park Avenue address before the stock market infamously tanked.

The “Too Big to Fail” author hosted an A-list cocktail party to mark the launch of his latest tome about the crash, we hear.

Guests spotted mixing included JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Martha Stewart, Barry Diller, Julianna Margulies, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gayle King, former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, new Vogue editor Chloe Malle, author Ron Chernow and restaurateur Danny Meyer.

The author told the crowd: “I’m hoping we never have another crash. I wrote ‘1929’ as the prequel to ‘Too Big to Fail’ — in hopes I never have to write the sequel,” an attendee told us.

Both Sorkin and Dimon have been warning investors this week about market jitters — “proving history may not repeat, but it sure rhymes,” the guest said.



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[schism666]