Daniel Schiffman Bar Ilan University   Department of Economics Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, 52900 Israel   schiffman@012.net.il         Primary Research Focus: U.S. Economic History, primarily the Great Depression.   JEL Areas: N1 : Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative G3 : Corporate Finance and Governance: General