• aetheplace@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    It must be 1926. We have a prosperous decade leading up to a market inflated by stock market speculation, stock prices that are unlikely to match anticipated future earnings, the fed increasing interest rates to curb spending which is impacting construction investment, the overproduction of certain commodities, reduction in foreign trade and lending, and retaliatory tariffs and protectionist policies going into effect.

    Oh wait, it’s 100 years later and it just rhymes with the lead up to the Great Depression? Cool.