Charles Mackay's extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds : a 52 brilliant ideas interpretation /
First published in 1841, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is often cited as the best book ever written about market psychology. Author Charles Mackay chronicles many celebrated financial manias, or 'bubbles', which demonstrate his assertion that "every age has...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Infinite Ideas Ltd.,
2009.
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| Series: | Infinite Success.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | First published in 1841, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is often cited as the best book ever written about market psychology. Author Charles Mackay chronicles many celebrated financial manias, or 'bubbles', which demonstrate his assertion that "every age has its peculiar folly; some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the mere force of imitation." This still holds fast today! Among the alleged 'bubbles' described by Mackay is the infamous Dutch tulip mania, the South Sea Company bubble and. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Business Collection EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (120 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781907518652 1907518657 9781907755903 190775590X |
