# Prof. Richard Sylla discussses the financial crisis in popular culture

1 Faculty News September 13, 2013 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/after-lehman/when-financial-crisis-met-pop-culture) -- “'It may be too soon for people to enjoy this crisis because we’re still experiencing it to some extent,' says [Richard Sylla](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/richard-sylla), a professor of financial history at New York University's Stern School of Business. Theoretically, he says, one might enjoy a crisis through books, movies and art, but certainly not while your 401(k) is still trying to recover."

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