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Herbert Hoover: “The long upward trend of fundamental progress, however, gave rise to over-optimism as to profits, which translated…”

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The long upward trend of fundamental progress, however, gave rise to over-optimism as to profits, which translated itself into a wave of uncontrolled speculation in securities, resulting in the diversion of capital from business to the stock market and the inevitable crash.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Hoover discusses the consequences of over-optimism and speculation leading to the stock market crash.

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