"Brokers and Suckers"
Magazine article
By: Robert Ryan
Date: 1928
Source: Ryan, Robert. "Brokers and Suckers." The Nation, August 15, 1928, 154. Reprinted in Mowry, George, ed. The Twenties: Fords, Flappers, and Fanatics. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1963, 38–42.
About the Author: Little is known about the details of Robert Ryan's life. He published the piece (excerpted below) in The Nation following a two-month stint in a busy Wall Street brokerage firm during the summer of 1928. Founded in 1865 The Nation is the United States' oldest weekly magazine. Established in the liberal-reform tradition, the journal is still well-known for publishing intelligent political and social commentary.
Introduction
So much of the New Era economy of the 1920s was built on salesmanship—;of cars, consumer goods, and real estate. Investments were no...
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