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Mobs, messiahs, and markets : surviving the public spectacle in finance and politics
- Title
- Mobs, messiahs, and markets : surviving the public spectacle in finance and politics / William Bonner, Lila Rajiva.
- Author
- Bonner, William, 1948-
- Publication
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2007], ©2007.
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- Additional Authors
- Rajiva, Lila.
- Description
- viii, 424 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner - a longtime maverick observer of the financial world and the vagaries of the investing public - is vital to preserving your wealth and personal dignity. From the witch hunts of the early modern world to the war on terror, from the dot-com mania to the real estate bubble, people have always been caught up in frauds, conceits, and wild guesses - often with devastating results. In Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets, Bonner and coauthor Lila Rajiva show groupthink at work in an improbable array of instances throughout history and reveal why swimming against the current pays. They explain why people so often abandon good sense and good behavior to "follow the crowd" and show you how to avoid getting caught up in the public spectacles around you."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-412) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Do-gooders gone bad -- Ch. 2. Love in the time of Viagra -- Ch. 3. The transit of Venus -- Ch. 4. The devil made them do it -- Ch. 5. Words of war -- Ch. 6. War and remembrance -- Ch. 7. Empire of delusion -- Ch. 8. Heroes of the revolution -- Ch. 9. The number game -- Ch. 10. The Flat Earth Society -- Ch. 11. What the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo didn't know -- Ch. 12. Fin de bubble -- Ch. 13. The million-dollar trailer -- Ch. 14. Central bank bamboozle -- Ch. 15. The mother of the mother of all bubbles -- Ch. 16. How not to be chumped by Wall Street -- Ch. 17. The dupe of hearts.
- ISBN
- 9780470112328 (cloth)
- 0470112328 (cloth)
- LCCN
- 2007012349
- OCLC
- 104883465
- SCSB-8414475
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries