Absent the errors committed before and after 1929, the year that Andrew Ross Sorkin writes about would have little relevance.

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Charles Mitchell strode up the steps of 55 Wall Street, determined to project his usual sense of confidence and certitude. It had been a crushing afternoon. As he returned to his office, he knew that ...