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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Charles Mackay

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Charles Mackay
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Tulip mania, the South-Sea Bubble, alchemists, witch hunts and fortune-tellers: the 1841 classic every investor quotes when the market goes crazy.

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Money Mania: The Mississippi Scheme

The South-Sea Bubble

The Tulipomania

The Alchemists

Modern Prophecies

Fortune-Telling

The Magnetisers

Politics, Religion and the Beard

The Crusades

The Witch Mania

The Slow Poisoners

Haunted Houses

Popular Follies of Great Cities

Popular Admiration of Great Thieves

Duels and Ordeals

Relics

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