Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) - Black Monday remembered

On the anniversary of the day Roosevelt closed every bank in America, Alistair Cooke remembers Black Monday, the huge stock market crash of 19th October 1987.

Published on Friday, 4th March 1988.

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