
In this vivid tableau of New York on the cusp of the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929, Black Tuesday captures the romance and desperation of one of our more fascinating historical epochs. From the beleaguered immigrant community of the Lower East Side to the feral pit of Wall Street and the alluring glitter of Park Avenue, Nomi Prins reveals a world of fraud, greed and economic devastation in a turbulent era that shines a revealing light on our current times. Nomi Prins was compelled to write this character-driven historical novel about a distant past that mirrors today's tragic economic circumstances. After over a decade at top Wall Street financial firms, Nomi left a lucrative career to pen three nonfiction whistle-blower books: It Takes a Pillage, Other People's Money and Jacked, exposing fraud and deception from Wall Street o Washington. She is a senior fellow at Demos and is a frequent commentator for PBS, Fox, MSNBC, C-SPAN, CNN, BBN and other global media outlets. This event is co-hosted by Demos, a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. Matt Taibbi, the New York Times bestselling author (The Great Derangement; Griftopia) and contributing editor for Rolling Stone, will join Nomi for a discussion about Black Tuesday. Copies of Griftopia will be available for signing following the discussion. Rich Benjamin, a senior fellow at Demos and author (Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America), will <b>...</b>
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