Originally published in 2002, this book recounts the numerous panics and economic downturns that recurred periodically in American finance in the 1900s, including the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression.
Q. Why this book, and why now?
I do not know. It was the publisher’s idea.
Q. Who should read this book?
The audience should include many public libraries. Business schools and others interested in financial history have also found this series useful.
Q. What is the most important takeaway you hope your readers gain from this book?
It is an important reference work for significant events that have occurred in U.S. financial history.
Jerry Markham is a prolific, nationally recognized scholar and proven classroom teacher in the fields of corporate finance, banking, commodities trading, and securities regulation. His publications have been cited in over six hundred law review articles and in numerous judicial opinions, including several federal district and appellate courts, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Markham came to Florida International University College of Law from the University of North Carolina where he was a tenured member of the law faculty for 12 years. Before that, he served for 10 years as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Law.
In addition to numerous law journal articles, Markham is the author of a three-volume financial history of the United States that was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2002. He also published a book on the Enron era scandals, and has published a two-volume work on the subprime crisis that shook the nation in 2008. Most recently he has published a book on manipulation of stock and commodity prices and is the co-editor of a handbook on securities regulation.
Markham has co-authored five casebooks on corporate law and banking regulation. He also has published a two-volume treatise and a history book on the law of commodity futures regulation, and was the principal coauthor of a two-volume treatise on broker-dealer regulation.
Before his move to academia, Professor Markham served as secretary and counsel, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.; chief counsel, Division of Enforcement, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission; attorney, United States Securities and Exchange Commission; and a partner with the international firm of Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance) in Washington, D.C. In law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Kentucky Law Journal and was named to the Order of the Coif.