[PDF] Memoirs Of Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds eBook

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Fiction
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Vol. 2 A forest huge of spears and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields, in thick array. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William J. Bernstein
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0802157114

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This “disturbing yet fascinating” exploration of mass mania through the ages explains the biological and psychological roots of irrationality (Kirkus Reviews). From time immemorial, contagious narratives have spread through susceptible groups—with enormous, often disastrous, consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay’s nineteenth-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, neurologist and author William Bernstein examines mass delusion through the lens of current scientific research in The Delusions of Crowds. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania in western society over the last five hundred years—from the Anabaptist Madness of the 1530s to the dangerous End-Times beliefs that pervade today’s polarized America; and from the South Sea Bubble to the Enron scandal and dot com bubbles. Through Bernstein’s supple prose, the participants are as colorful as their “desire to improve one’s well-being in this life or the next.” Bernstein’s chronicles reveal the huge cost and alarming implications of mass mania. He observes that if we can absorb the history and biology of this all-too-human phenomenon, we can recognize it more readily in our own time, and avoid its frequently dire impact.

Author : Charles Mackay
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 2023-05-24
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ISBN : 9781088138489

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This is the full unabridged edition that includes all three volumes. In this book, Charles Mackay discusses the irrational behaviors of crowds in the economy, war and magic. He gives several different examples of market bubbles such as the Mississippi Scheme and the infamous Tulip Mania in the Netherlands. Ever since it was written, Investors have used it as a guide to help identify boom and bust cycles. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds has had an important influence on economists in understanding of crowd psychology and feedback loops.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 15,61 MB
Release : 2023-11-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetizers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Contents: Volume 1: National Delusions: The Mississippi Scheme The South Sea Bubble The Tulipomania Relics Modern Prophecies Popular Admiration for Great Thieves Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard Duels and Ordeals The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True Popular Follies in Great Cities Old Price Riots The Thugs, or Phansigars Volume 2: Peculiar Follies: The Crusades The Witch Mania The Slow Poisoners Haunted Houses Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions : The Alchemysts Fortune Telling The Magnetisers

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1897597320

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First published in 1841, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is often cited as the best book ever written about market psychology. This Harriman House edition includes Charles Mackay's account of the three infamous financial manias - John Law's Mississipi Scheme, the South Sea Bubble, and Tulipomania.Between the three of them, these historic episodes confirm that greed and fear have always been the driving forces of financial markets, and, furthermore, that being sensible and clever is no defence against the mesmeric allure of a popular craze with the wind behind it.In writing the history of the great financial manias, Charles Mackay proved himself a master chronicler of social as well as financial history. Blessed with a cast of characters that covered all the vices, gifted a passage of events which was inevitably heading for disaster, and with the benefit of hindsight, he produced a record that is at once a riveting thriller and absorbing historical document. A century and a half later, it is as vibrant and lurid as the day it was written.For modern-day investors, still reeling from the dotcom crash, the moral of the popular manias scarcely needs spelling out. When the next stock market bubble comes along, as it surely will, you are advised to recall the plight of some of the unfortunates on these pages, and avoid getting dragged under the wheels of the careering bandwagon yourself.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Namaskar Book
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Fiction
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Insights into Historical Hysteria Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay: Delve into the fascinating exploration of human psychology and financial folly with Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay. Unravel the historical tales of irrational exuberance, speculative bubbles, and collective madness that have shaped the course of financial history. Mackay's keen observations provide timeless insights into the peculiar behaviors that grip societies in the throes of fervor and folly. Why This Book? Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds serves as a compelling mirror to human nature, reflecting the patterns of mass hysteria and irrational behavior that transcend time. It's a riveting journey through the annals of financial history, offering valuable lessons for contemporary readers. Charles Mackay, a Scottish journalist and author, remains a guiding voice in the exploration of collective delusions. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds stands as a testament to Mackay's insightful scrutiny of human behavior.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0857197428

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Charles MacKay's groundbreaking examination of a staggering variety of popular delusions, crazes and mass follies is presented here in full with no abridgements. The text concentrates on a wide variety of phenomena which had occurred over the centuries prior to this book's publication in 1841. Mackay begins by examining economic bubbles, such as the infamous Tulipomania, wherein Dutch tulips rocketed in value amid claims they could be substituted for actual currency. As we progress further, the scope of the book broadens into several more exotic fields of mass self-deception. Mackay turns his attention to the witch hunts of the 17th and 18th centuries, the practice of alchemy, the phenomena of haunted houses, the vast and varied practices of fortune telling and the search for the philosopher's stone, to name but a handful of subjects. Today, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds is distinguished as an expansive, well-researched and somewhat eccentric work of social history.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher :
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 2020-08-05
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ISBN : 3752411759

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Reproduction of the original: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay