The Great Depression: USA Edition

While the 1920s are famous for jazz and flappers, the actual foundation of the decade was built on a massive, unsustainable wartime gamble. How the rush to feed a burning Europe turned American farmers into accidental engines of global ruin. We’ll see how Washington’s messy post-war IOUs turned international finance into a global game of hot potato between Britain, France, and a broken Germany. And how it ruined people who never touched a stock or saw a ticker in their lives. Welcome to the Great Depression.