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Title: Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay ISBN: 0-517-88433-X Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 25 July, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great history, reminder for society
Comment: Despite the age of this book, it continues to be current as ever, especially after the dot-com bubble. In different chapters, the author treats separate delusions which, at first sight, the reaction is that it could not happen today, until we see all that does in fact go on in the world.
I found the South Sea Bubble and the Dutch Tulipmania the two most outstanding cases. The analysis, given its dated nature, serves more as an image of historical thought. I would recommend one to read the chapter on Social Proof in CIaldini's Influence book, it goes into many of the issues that set off the manias.
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive book of manias
Comment: This is it. If you want to know how many times the world has been gripped by madness then look no farther than the reprinted edition of MacKay's classic. Written in that wonderful Olde English style of the early 19th century, MacKay takes us on a tour of the world's most horrifying manias - up to about 1840 anyway.
I particularly liked the chapter on witchcraft and witch hunts since it told me everything I'll ever need to know on why seemingly intelligent groups of people band together to banish or murder innocent members of society - just because they are different. Another engaging chapter deals with millennialism - the fear and dread that grips society at the end of each millennium. If you thought the end of the last one brought turbulence, you should read what happened a thousand years ago.
This book is often quoted by stock market pundits and talking heads as if it were a treatise on irrational behaviour in the financial markets. In fact, it is much more than that. It deals with irrational behaviour and mass stupidity in all walks of life. Five Stars.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good history book
Comment: I bought this book primarily for the chapters on financial delusions, the first 120 or so pages of 740 page book. The finacial manias are well covered, and provided very valuable historical information for anyone who owns any investmensts of any kind. The themes behind these delusions are very interesting, and you can see these problems repeating today.
The rest of the book provides some very good historical information about various other manias. It was interesting, and I read most of the other chapters which were very interesting, but it is a 740 page book and I found myself skipping over portions of some of the later chapters.
I really liked that this book was written over 160 years ago. It focused on parts of world history I did not know enough about and I am glad I own this now.
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Title: Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics) by Charles P. Kindleberger ISBN: 0471389455 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 12 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre, Marketplace Books ISBN: 0471059706 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 11 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein ISBN: 0471295639 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 31 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Money Game by Adam Smith ISBN: 0394721039 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 August, 1976 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor ISBN: 0452281806 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 05 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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