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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:19 PM Original message |
What caused the stock market crash in 1987? |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Republicans. n/t |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Naw, it was Clinton's penis. nt |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Clinton wasn't elected until 1992. Even the Clenis isn't that big |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The Clenis exists across all of spacetime |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Republican deregulation of the Savings and Loan industry |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Unfortunately, Garn-St. Germain was passed with support of the usual suspects |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. What preceded it was a big fat round of financial deregulation. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wiki's got a decent article |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. US stocks traded on multiple markets also played a role |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. I just remember Neil Bush's Silverado.. |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. The claim at the time was that computer programs caused it |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Oh yeah. I do remember that being talked about. nt |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Three things: a stock bubble, federal deficits, and automatic selling programs |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Good analysis. It does point to the impact that deregulation can have on speculation. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. dupe delete |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. Tribbles. |
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