The New York Stock Exchange and Public Opinion Remarks at Annual Dinner, Association of Stock Exchange Brokers, Held at the Astor Hotel, New York, January 24, 1917

Otto Hermann Kahn's The New York Stock Exchange and Public Opinion — Remarks at Annual Dinner, Association of Stock Exchange Brokers, Held at the Astor Hotel, New York, January 24, 1917 — delivers a spirited defense of the Exchange and a revealing snapshot of financial life and public debate in early 20th-century America. A renowned financier addresses charges leveled against him and the institution, using imagined questions and candid answers to explore whether the Stock Exchange should be regulated, how responsibility should be apportioned between the Exchange and its users, and where ethical lapses have arisen. Grounded in the political economy of 1917, Kahn situates his remarks amid wider concerns about reform, public opinion, and the conduct of business and politics — touching on practices once tolerated elsewhere, including Congress. The speech illuminates tensions between self-regulation and government oversight, the evolving standards of professional ethics, and the ways wartime and progressive-era pressures reshaped financial institutions. Ideal for listeners of economics, political economy, and financial history, this audiobook offers primary-source insight into regulatory debates that still resonate today. Listen to understand how foundational arguments about market governance, public trust, and institutional reform were made by one of Wall Street’s leading voices.