Herbert Hoover? Mark Sullivan Jr.? Harold G. Moulton? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: U.S. President Herbert Hoover perceived the dangers of stock market speculation in the late 1920s and tried unsuccessfully to convince the Governor of New York to introduce regulations. After the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 he supposedly reacted bitterly: The only trouble …
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