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The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm (2007)

by Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr

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"Before reading The Panic of 1907, the year 1907 seemed like a long time ago and a different world. The authors, however, bring this story alive in a fast-moving book, and the reader sees how events of that time are very relevant for today's financial world. In spite of all of our advances, including a stronger monetary system and modern tools for managing risk, Bruner and Carr help us understand that we are not immune to a future crisis." --Dwight B. Crane, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School "Bruner and Carr provide a thorough, masterly, and highly readable account of the 1907 crisis and its management by the great private banker J. P. Morgan. Congress heeded the lessons of 1907, launching the Federal Reserve System in 1913 to prevent banking panics and foster financial stability. We still have financial problems. But because of 1907 and Morgan, a century later we have a respected central bank as well as greater confidence in our money and our banks than our great-grandparents had in theirs." --Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets, and Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University "A fascinating portrayal of the events and personalities of the crisis and panic of 1907. Lessons learned and parallels to the present have great relevance. Crises and panics are as much a part of our future as our past." --John Strangfeld, Vice Chairman, Prudential Financial "Who would have thought that a hundred years after the Panic of 1907 so much remained to be written about it? Bruner and Carr break significant new ground because they are willing to do the heavy lifting of combing through massive archival material to identify and weave together important facts. Their book will be of interest not only to banking theorists and financial historians, but also to business school and economics students, for its rare ability to teach so clearly why and how a panic unfolds." --Charles Calomiris, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business… (more)
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Well written account of this financial debacle and helped my understanding of the importance of our Federal Reserve system. Thorough explanation of what constitutes a "liquidity crisis" and how it could still be a danger in today's financial world ( )
  Cantsaywhy | Aug 20, 2021 |
The panic of 1907 was the last serious economic and financial crisis in the US prior to introduction of the Federal reserve. It is widely known among conservators as the crisis prevented by JP Morgan and as a clear view of dangers of ‘money trust’ among radicals. He authors’ approach is to combine two usual ways of describing the crisis: (1) as a unique event (2) as just another example of booms and busts. They instead both note both generalities and peculiarities.
Each chapter follows the development of a particular firm or action, roughly in chronological order, with notable amount of quotations from contemporary sources. Overall quite interesting read for a wide audience interested in the not only economic but general history of the early XX century.
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  Oleksandr_Zholud | Jan 9, 2019 |
well written and informative. Provides interesting comparisons ( )
  zen_923 | Apr 30, 2013 |
I often hear comparisons of the recession/panic of 2008 with the Great Depression redirected to a comparison with the Panic of 1907.In terms of character, duration, and impetus, I would have to agree that the characterization of 2008 as a panic similar to 1907 make sense.This book was released in August 31, 2007 and makes reference [in the Coda] to "oil rising to $100 per barrel" and uncertainty whether credit derivatives would dampen or amplify a panic.The conclusions in the book point to several ingredients in creating a perfect storm for a panic, but also admit to a Keynesian bias in presenting preventative measures and corrective action.The narrative is interesting if [necessarily] dry, and while the construction of the cause thesis is reasonable, the conclusions didn't seem to follow through.This book is available on Audible. ( )
  stringsn88keys | Aug 7, 2012 |
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"Before reading The Panic of 1907, the year 1907 seemed like a long time ago and a different world. The authors, however, bring this story alive in a fast-moving book, and the reader sees how events of that time are very relevant for today's financial world. In spite of all of our advances, including a stronger monetary system and modern tools for managing risk, Bruner and Carr help us understand that we are not immune to a future crisis." --Dwight B. Crane, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School "Bruner and Carr provide a thorough, masterly, and highly readable account of the 1907 crisis and its management by the great private banker J. P. Morgan. Congress heeded the lessons of 1907, launching the Federal Reserve System in 1913 to prevent banking panics and foster financial stability. We still have financial problems. But because of 1907 and Morgan, a century later we have a respected central bank as well as greater confidence in our money and our banks than our great-grandparents had in theirs." --Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets, and Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University "A fascinating portrayal of the events and personalities of the crisis and panic of 1907. Lessons learned and parallels to the present have great relevance. Crises and panics are as much a part of our future as our past." --John Strangfeld, Vice Chairman, Prudential Financial "Who would have thought that a hundred years after the Panic of 1907 so much remained to be written about it? Bruner and Carr break significant new ground because they are willing to do the heavy lifting of combing through massive archival material to identify and weave together important facts. Their book will be of interest not only to banking theorists and financial historians, but also to business school and economics students, for its rare ability to teach so clearly why and how a panic unfolds." --Charles Calomiris, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business

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