Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It... Signed by Brandeis.
Signed by Justice Brandeis: The Historic 1934 New Deal Printing of His Antitrust Masterpiece Brandeis, Louis D. [1856-1941]. Other People's Money And How the Bankers Use It. New Edition. With Foreword by Norman Hapgood. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1932 [but December 5, 1934]. Octavo (7.5 x 5 inches); lxii, 223 pp. Tenth printing of this edition. Publisher's original green cloth, titles stamped in gilt to front board and spine. Very light rubbing to extremities; minor, uniform toning to text sheet margins. Boldly signed by Louis D. Brandeis on the title page. A near fine, tight copy. $1,500. * Brandeis's landmark Progressive-Era critique of "Our Financial Oligarchy" was originally published in 1914, serving as the definitive intellectual weapon against industrial-era monopolies. Based on a series of articles commissioned by Norman Hapgood for Harper's Weekly, the text directly influenced Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" platform and laid the groundwork for the Federal Trade Commission and the Clayton Antitrust Act. While first issued to combat the "Money Trust" of the Gilded Age, this specific edition reflects the book's second wave of profound historical influence. Printed on December 5, 1934, during the depths of the Great Depression, Frederick A. Stokes Company reissued the text as Brandeis's theories were being actively weaponized by the Roosevelt Administration to construct the New Deal. The insights in Other People's Money heavily informed the passage of the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933 and the establishment of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This copy was boldly signed by Brandeis while serving as an active Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, at the exact moment he was ruling on the constitutionality of the very New Deal legislation his early writings inspired.
Price: $1,500.00
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