Satire directed at speculative excess and institutional denial.
When markets reward recklessness and those responsible insist on their own innocence, cycles of crisis and erasure repeat themselves. Late-nineteenth-century satire recognized this pattern with clarity—and it has not lost its relevance.
Historical Note
This image appeared in an 1884 issue of Puck magazine and was illustrated by Joseph Keppler. It depicts a “Wall Street cleaner” sweeping gamblers, stock-jobbers, and speculative schemes through the financial district, reflecting contemporary criticism of unchecked speculation and market fraud during the Gilded Age.
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Satire directed at speculative excess and institutional denial.
When markets reward recklessness and those responsible insist on their own innocence, cycles of crisis and erasure repeat themselves. Late-nineteenth-century satire recognized this pattern with clarity—and it has not lost its relevance.
Historical Note
This image appeared in an 1884 issue of Puck magazine and was illustrated by Joseph Keppler. It depicts a “Wall Street cleaner” sweeping gamblers, stock-jobbers, and speculative schemes through the financial district, reflecting contemporary criticism of unchecked speculation and market fraud during the Gilded Age.
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