By the autumn of 1907, panic gripped the US financial system. The stock market had halved in value and bank runs were spreading from one institution to another, wiping out both the healthy and the weak. Yet from the library of his Madison Avenue home, John Pierpont Morgan used his considerable wealth and reputation to successfully rally New York’s bankers to end the crisis.
1907年秋天,恐慌席卷了整个美国金融体系。股市市值缩水一半,银行挤兑风潮从一家机构蔓延至另一家,无论是健康的还是不健康的银行都未能幸免。但在位于纽约麦迪逊大道的摩根住宅的图书馆里,约翰•皮尔庞特•摩根(John Pierpoint Morgan)用自己的巨额财富和崇高声誉,成功集合纽约的银行家终结了此次危机。
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