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Manias, Panics, and Crashes A History of Financial Crises

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ISBN-10: 0471389455

ISBN-13: 9780471389453

Edition: 4th 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Charles P. Kindleberger

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"Sometime in the next five years you may kick yourself for not reading and re–reading Kindleberger’s Manias, Panics, and Crashes." –Paul A. Samuelson, Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "One never picks up a work by Charles Kindleberger without anticipating a feast of entertainment. But underneath the hilarious anecdotes, the elegant epigrams, and the graceful turns of phrase, Kindleberger is deadly serious. The manner in which human beings earn their livings is no laughing matter to him, especially when they attempt to do so at the expense of one another." –from the Foreword by Peter L. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods and The Power of GoldPraise for…    
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List price: $19.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/4/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Charles P. Kindleberger is Ford International Professor of Economics Emeritus, MIT and Visiting Professor, Brandeis University.

Foreword
Financial Crisis: a Hardy Perennial
Anatomy of a Typical Crisis
Speculative Manias
Fueling the Flames: the Expansion of Credit
The Critical Stage
Euphoria and Economic Booms
International Contagion
Bubble Contagion: Tokyo to Bangkok to New York
Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle