Did William Jennigs Bryan's "cross of gold" speech crash the economy?
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That's the claim Yoni Appelbuam made over the weekend. Over at his excellent blog, Seth Masket rejects the thesis: I can't claim to be any sort of an expert on the Gilded Age economy. I'm sure Appelbaum pursues this line of research in greater detail elsewhere, and I really don't have data to counter him here. But
Did William Jennigs Bryan's "cross of gold" speech crash the economy?
Did William Jennigs Bryan's "cross of gold…
Did William Jennigs Bryan's "cross of gold" speech crash the economy?
That's the claim Yoni Appelbuam made over the weekend. Over at his excellent blog, Seth Masket rejects the thesis: I can't claim to be any sort of an expert on the Gilded Age economy. I'm sure Appelbaum pursues this line of research in greater detail elsewhere, and I really don't have data to counter him here. But