Essays on Black Thursday

The films, Katyn (2007) by Andrzej, Black Thursday (2011) by Antoni Krauze and Man of Marble (1977) by Andrzej Wajda each portray certain aspects of the Polish culture in different but also similar ways. Moreover, these films indicate how various historical events have helped shape the Polish modes of life in the contemporary world. Further, these films show how the People of Poland have come a long way regarding freedom and personal space since the early years of police brutality and life in the concentration camps. The thesis of this paper is that these films represent excellent portrayal of ...

Nowadays, many people will stipulate that the Great Recession of a few years ago was just as bad, if not worse, than the Great Depression. There are similarities and patterns, to be sure. The effect globally was indeed worse this time around, because the world’s banks are far more intertwined and globalized now. People experienced a hard time getting back on their feet, and we had (and still have) a congress that is completely ineffective, throwing money at problems rather than actually fixing the regulations that allowed such a tremendous recession to take place. On the other hand, ...

Evidently, the black Monday was preceded by events of October 24, 25, 26 and 27. Very unusual market trends were noted on these five days and the most notable one was the massive sale of shares in the federal stock market, starting with 12.9 million shares exchanged on Black Thursday of 24th. A rise of share exchange from an average of 4 million a day to 9.25 million on Black Monday was a real market shocker. The rise did not stop and on Black Tuesday (the next day), a record 16.4 million shares were exchanged. There must have been a sort of ...