Book · 2010 · History
The Great Depression: A Diary
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Reading a book that I think is the greatest economic book ever written, called 'The Great Depression: A Diary', written by an Ohio lawyer named Benjamin Roth. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, he kept a large diary and wrote about what he saw during the Depression.
What they say about it
- Greatest economic book“greatest economic book ever written”4
- Written by Ohio lawyer“Ohio lawyer named Benjamin Roth”2
The best things said about it
It's tough; there's a great book that I love. I think it's the greatest economic book ever written. It's called 'The Great Depression: A Diary.'.
There is a lawyer named Benjamin Roth who in the 1930s kept a very detailed diary during the Great Depression and his son published it in 2010 it's called a Great Depression in the diary and I think it was it was unintentionally the best economics book ever written.
One other thing that really struck me here that was influential to this book for me was one of my favorite books is a book called The Great Depression: A Diary, and it's written by a lawyer named Benjamin Roth.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
Why people recommend it
Benjamin Roth's firsthand diary of the Great Depression provides a rare economic and psychological window into daily survival during the 1930s. Morgan Housel repeatedly praised the volume across several major podcasts, including The Daily Stoic, The Jordan Harbinger Show, and The Tim Ferriss Show between 2022 and 2024, describing it as the greatest economic book ever written. Housel highlighted that the book was written by an Ohio bankruptcy attorney who kept a detailed journal during the economic collapse, documenting how people living through historic crises had no idea how or when the turmoil would end. By capturing real-time human reactions to financial ruin, the diary serves as a powerful reminder that human behavior during economic panics rarely changes. Housel credited Roth's observations as a major influence on his own understanding of economic cycles, human psychology, and financial history, frequently urging his audiences to read the text for its unmatched historical realism.
Every mention
Morgan Housel There's a great book that I love. I think it's the greatest economic book ever written. It's called The Gre… 6
“There's a great book that I love. I think it's the greatest economic book ever written. It's called The Great Depression: A Diary.”
“It's tough; there's a great book that I love. I think it's the greatest economic book ever written. It's called 'The Great Depression: A Diary.'”
“I was reading a book that I think is the the greatest economic book ever written it's called the Great Depression a diary and it's written by this Ohio lawyer named Benjamin Roth who during the Great Depression in the 1930s kept a very uh big diary and he's just writing about what he saw during the Depression”
“Then two things really solidified this for me, one being reading a book that I think is the greatest economic book ever written, called 'The Great Depression: A Diary', written by an Ohio lawyer named Benjamin Roth. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, he kept a large diary and wrote about what he saw during the Depression.”
“One other thing that really struck me here that was influential to this book for me was one of my favorite books is a book called The Great Depression: A Diary, and it's written by a lawyer named Benjamin Roth...”
“there is a lawyer named Benjamin Roth who in the 1930s kept a very detailed diary during the Great Depression and his son published it in 2010 it's called a Great Depression in the diary and I think it was it was unintentionally the best economics book ever written”
