Harold James - Seven Crashes

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode, author and historian Harold James joins Cole Smead to discuss his book, “Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization.” Their discussion delves into major economic downturns throughout history, offering insights into their causes, impacts, and reforms to prevent future crises.

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0:00.0	You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management.
0:08.0	At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who fear stock market failure.
0:12.8	You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor.
0:20.8	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager at
0:25.3	Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers, and we believe in the power of books to help
0:30.0	shape informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writings.
0:34.7	The late great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models and analysis.
0:39.0	We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people. Today we're going to
0:43.8	review and discuss multiple periods of economic history to think about the circumstances,
0:48.8	the policy decisions, and the aftermaths they brought. Harold James is joining us to discuss his book,
0:54.9	Seven Crashes, the Economic Crises,
0:57.3	The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization.
0:59.4	A little background on Harold.
1:00.9	He is the Claude and Lor Kelly
1:02.6	Professor of European Studies at Princeton University,
1:05.3	a professor of history and international affairs
1:07.4	at the Woodrow Wilson School,
1:09.3	and associate at the Benheim Center of Finance.
1:12.2	His prior books include The German Slump, a German identity, International Monetary Cooperation
1:17.5	Since Bretton Woods, and the end of globalization.
1:20.3	He is the official historian of the International Monetary Fund.
1:24.3	He was awarded the Helmut Schmidt Prize for Economic History in 2004 and the Ludwig
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