Hello, and welcome to word book store. Were so pleased thank you join us for the confidence between die unanimous henriques and joe nocera. I am the vaccines coordinator and it miss flour introduce our authors tonight. Please bear with me through some housekeeping. Word book storesandindependent book store locate in brooklyn and jersey city, new jersey. We celebrated the ten year neaves of our location this past march andunder scene coming up four years in our jersey city location. Tonights revent will be taped by cspan so if you see cameras, thats why. Also, please turn your cell phones off or put them on silent. After author speaks there will be a short period of question and answer followed by signing. We have books at our register. Our book sellers will help with the signing and thank you in advance for your help. Tonight we are here to discuss first class catastrophe. Monday, october 19, 1987, was by far the worst day in wall street history. The market fell 22. 6 , almost twice as
Conversation between Diana Henriques and joe nocera. It is my pleasure to introduce our author tonight. The first some housekeeping we arent independent bookstore celebrating the tenyear anniversary last march and coming up four years in the jersey location. The cspan cameras are here there is a period of question and answer and then to help with the signing. Tonight we are here to discuss a first class catastrophe. October 19, 1987, the 87, the worst day of wall street history. The worst day of 1929. So to shut the foundation of our Financial System we had not heeded those lessons at the same time so tonights authors are uncovering this omission from previous books from the New York Times bestseller and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. And for investigative reporting. And we are honored to know she is in new jersey. In conversation with joe nocera from bloombergs career spans the New York Times. It is about black monday 1987 when the Dow Jones Industrial average dropping 508point enduring t
Coming up on four years in our jersey city location. Tonights event will be taped by cspan. Please turn cell phones offered put them on. After the author speaks or be a short time of question and answer. Our booksellers will help with the signing and we think in advance for your help. Tonight, were going to discuss first class monday octobe october 19th, was the worst time the market fell, almost twice as bad as the worst one in 1929. This shift the foundation of our financial system. In 30 years we havent heeded the lessons. Tonights author, diana is uniquely suited to uncover this after previous books, the wizard of oz, and pretty made up. A writer for the New York Times since 1989, shes an award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Her work has received price for investigative reporting. For honor to know she lives close by. Shes in conversation with other journalists, a columnist for bloomberg whose career and business and sports spanned the New York Times. Please join me in welcomi
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