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Memoirs Extraordinary Populare Delusions and the Madness Crowds

by Charles MacKay
Grover Gardner
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Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies—only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic—first published in 1841—shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.
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Publisher: Ascent Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781469033266
  • File size: 778138 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2015
  • Duration: 27:01:07

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  • ISBN: 9781469033266
  • File size: 780326 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2015
  • Duration: 26:52:55
  • Number of parts: 28

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Psychology Nonfiction

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Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies—only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic—first published in 1841—shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.
Expand title description text
Psychology Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Ascent Audio
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781469033266
    File size: 778138 KB
    Release date: August 1, 2015
    Duration: 27:01:07

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781469033266
    File size: 780326 KB
    Release date: August 1, 2015
    Duration: 26:52:55
    Number of parts: 28

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
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