Featured Session: A Conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin on the 1929 Financial Crash — and Today’s Economy
Summary
Are we living through a 1929 moment and don't know it yet? Global markets are navigating one of the most consequential inflection points in decades. Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of entire industries. Regulatory policies are shifting under our feet. Geopolitical tensions are rising. And through it all, a familiar pattern is emerging — one that Andrew Ross Sorkin has spent years studying. Sorkin is the author of 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How It Shattered a Nation, an instant New York Times bestseller that reveals how overconfidence, speculation, and political dysfunction converged to produce the worst financial disasters in American history. He's also the co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box, founder of The New York Times' DealBook, and one of the most influential voices in finance and media. In conversation with Joe Weisenthal — co-host of Bloomberg's cult-favorite Odd Lots podcast — Sorkin will draw the lines between 1929 and now: the warning signs that were missed then, the ones flashing today, and what it would take to avoid repeating history.
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Contributors
- Joe Weisenthal
- Andrew Ross Sorkin
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