Great Depression

also referred to as: the great depression

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 28, 2020 by Bill Ackman · across every show →

Everything said about Great Depression, oldest first

Apr 28, 2020 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ackman: Pandemic will force corporate America away from aggressive leverage
“I do think this is a depression era moment in the sense, psychologically, the same way that the generation of people that went through the depression thought very different about, differently about financial leverage, you know, than the generations that came a…”
Bill Ackman Apr 28, 2020 ▶ 1:15:05 #82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up
Mar 11, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Viral word-of-mouth launched Estée Lauder during the Great Depression
“This wasn't just word-of-mouth marketing. It was viral marketing before anyone had invented the term. And it would launch Estee Lauder Cosmetics during the most unlikely time imaginable. The Great Depression.”
Shane Parrish Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 18:09 Estée Lauder: A Success Story
Jan 20, 2026
What-if
Housel: America's Non-Fascist Great Depression Recovery Was a Top 10% Tail Outcome
“The outcome that we, that actually happened was like a top 10% outcome. It easily could have, if not should have, turned out as it did in much of Europe, where after the Great Depression, the people's response was like, maybe we should give fascism a try. Mayb…”
Morgan Housel Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 1:10:26 Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want
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