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  • Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

  • By: Charles MacKay
  • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
  • Length: 27 hrs and 1 min
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (25 ratings)
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Summary

Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies - only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic - first published in 1841 - shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating, and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naiveté. Essential for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.

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Funny And Informative

It was an epic feat finishing this book but it was so enjoyable. I was listening to this in my walks in the country during the summer and will cherish the laughs it gave me.

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An interesting listen but poorly read

An interesting book but needs you to remember that it was written in the 1800s.
However it's poorly narrated in a very pompous manner and he really needs to research correct pronunciation of place names etc.

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