Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a history of popular folly by Charles Mackay. The book chronicles its targets in three parts: "National Delusions," "Peculiar Follies," and "Philosophical Delusions." Learn why intelligent people do amazingly stupid things when caught up in speculative edevorse. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts, crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles.
Charles Mackay, L.L.D., was a Scottish journalist in the nineteenth century. He received an honorary law degree from Glasgow University and was a renowned poet and songwriter.
其实讲的内容也无非就是郁金香风潮那一套,已经在百年间由各种各样的人和事件演绎过了,有out of date的感觉,非专业人士可以一看,但是感觉收获不大。
评分其实讲的内容也无非就是郁金香风潮那一套,已经在百年间由各种各样的人和事件演绎过了,有out of date的感觉,非专业人士可以一看,但是感觉收获不大。
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