Flashbytes on Forbes – William Duer and the Great Wall Street Crash of 1792

William Duer

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That’s right, your beloved founder Philip Loyd is now doing his crazy Flashbytes thing on, of all places, Forbes. Philip on Forbes. And about whom? What? Hamilton? Franklin? Not hardly. How about William Duer? Huh? Exactly. William Duer and the great Wall Street crash of 1792.

Come check out The Panic, as it was originally titled, on Forbes.com. The Panic, starring Wall Street’s very first swindler himself, William Duer. Still waiting to hear personally from the man, Steve Forbes, himself. Ha!

More about the man himself, William Duer

Believe it or not, most the feedback I get from this story is from stock brokers who want to know more about Duer himself. No problem:

William Duer was a British-born American jurist, developer, and financial speculator from New York City. Even more, he was one of the original continental congressmen who helped found the country. In 1778, Duer signed the United States Articles of Confederation and is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

You may not have heard about him because things didn’t go to well for Duer. He is the man held responsible for the great Wall Street crash of 1792.

Read the rest of the story at Forbes.com.

Before trying his hand at fiction, Philip Loyd spent a lifetime as a financial and insurance writer, contributing to Forbes, McGraw Hill, and Jim Kramer’s The Street, among others. Loyd now writes fiction and reference books exclusively.. Titles available at Amazon.com.