FLASHCARD: The Panic of 1837

S2E04 - The first major financial crisis in the United States? What could possibly be relevant or interesting about that? Well, sweet listener, history likes to repeat itself, especially when it comes to financial crises. Trent and Marissa break down important questions like, “What is money?”, “Is capitalism bad?” and “What were the logistics of buying land with literal, physical gold?” Money talks, but not as much as Trent and Marissa!

 

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Produced and Edited by Trent Thomson and Marissa Macy
Original music by Noise of Approval
Graphic design by Darcey Mckinney

 

Sources: 

https://www.brandeis.edu/magazine/2013/spring/inquiry/depression.html

https://www.marketplace.org/2017/04/26/how-panic-1837-predicted-great-recession/ 

https://historyincharts.com/panic-of-1837-causes/

https://economic-historian.com/2020/11/panic-of-1837/

https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/corporate-monopolies/development_rr.html
Martin Van Buren by Ted Widmer