Tag: crooked pools

• Embarrassing Quotes from History: Herbert Hoover

  If ever a politician promised the moon but could only deliver a malaria and crocodile infested swamp, it was Herbert Hoover. Here’s what he said about American prosperity: “We in America are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before.” Though you can’t really blame him. No one saw or predicted what was…

  sassevn

  January 15, 2016

  History & Culture, Know Your History

  buying on margin, causes of the Great Depression, crooked pools, FDR. Smoot-Hawley, great depression, Hoover, stock market crash