Ferreting out Fraud in the Crash of ‘29

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In the 30s the Pecora hearings uncovered the fraud that led to the crash of ‘29 and set the stage for the landmark financial markets legislation we associate with the New Deal. We’ll speak with Richard Parker, professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and author of several books, including, “John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economic.”