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Andrew Ross Sorkin on What 1929 Teaches Us About 2025

November 17, 2025·33 min·4-min readconversationalnews
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Financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, in conversation with David Remnick, draws striking parallels between today’s AI-driven economic boom and the speculative frenzy that led to the 1929 stock market crash. He warns that unchecked leverage, particularly in the shadow banking system, an

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Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Andrew Ross SorkinDavid RemnickDonald TrumpSam AltmanJason FurmanWarren Buffett

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1929by Andrew Ross SorkinToo Big to Failby Andrew Ross Sorkin

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NVIDIAOpenAI

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Artificial IntelligenceEconomicsFederal ReserveInequalityInflationStock MarketUs Politics

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