Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

Douban
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

Login or register to review or add this item to your collection.

ISBN: 9781578988082
author: Charles Mackay
publishing house: Martino Fine Books
publication date: 2009 -8
binding: Paperback
price: USD 13.00
number of pages: 398

/ 10

0 ratings

No enough ratings
Borrow or Buy

Charles Mackay   

overview

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a history of popular folly by Charles Mackay. The book chronicles its targets in three parts: "National Delusions," "Peculiar Follies," and "Philosophical Delusions." Learn why intelligent people do amazingly stupid things when caught up in speculative edevorse. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts, crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles.

other editions
comments
reviews
notes