03141cam a2200385 i 4500 2357447081 TxAuBib 20240723120000.0 230331s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023002524 9780593132647 hardcover 0593132645 hardcover (OCoLC)1356890472 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF TOH BKL TLK YDX VP@ UOK IAK CLE MWD OCLCO AUM CQC NRJ TxAuBib rda Henriques, Diana B., author. Taming the Street [BOOK] : the old guard, the New Deal, and FDR's fight to regulate American capitalism / Diana B. Henriques. Old guard, the New Deal, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fight to regulate American capitalism. First edition. New York : Random House, [2023] xxii, 431 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-416) and index. Preface -- A quartet for a calamity -- Descending into silence -- Confidence, cooperation, and creation -- Power to the people -- An ocean of unfinished business -- Defending against deregulation -- The New Deal Acts, the Old Guard blinks -- An anatomy of self-destruction -- The gentleman's code -- Doubts and departures -- The fight for the future -- Epilogue -- Cast of characters. "Taming the Street tells the epic story of the FDR's battle to regulate Wall Street for the very first time in the wake of the Crash of 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression. Deeply reported and vividly told, it provides a trip back to a time when the power of concentrated wealth in America arguably exceeded that of the federal government. Roosevelt's campaign to curb the excesses of the market, end reckless speculation, and mitigate the disastrous boom-and-bust cycle is one of the great untold dramas in American history, and as it unfolded, its outcome was far from clear. Henriques has written this book for two main reasons: First, because it's a vital history that needs to be preserved and properly told; and as importantly, because the battle lines that were drawn in that time are the very same battle lines that define our politics today. Taming the Street is a book rooted in the drama of the 1930s, but as inequality in America has again reached Jazz Age levels, one of Henriques' many ambitions for the book is to bring to life a time when the system worked in the public interest. An idealistic time when we knew what had to be done, and summoned the will to do it, against the power of an American oligarchy"-- Provided by publisher. 20240723. Roosevelt, Franklin D Franklin Delano 1882-1945. New York Stock Exchange History. Stock Market Crash, 1929. Depressions 1929. New Deal, 1933-1939. United States Economic conditions 1918-1945. United States Social conditions 1933-1945.