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Charles Mackay

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Harriman Definitive Editions)

The classic guide to crowd psychology, financial folly and surprising superstition

Charles Mackay

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Harriman House Publishing
03 December 2018

Economic history

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is the original guide to behavioural psychology - and how manias, follies and superstitions begin, spread and (eventually) pass.

A hugely entertaining tour through financial scams and stock market bubbles, alchemical quests and prophecy wars, duelling bouts and relic hunts, the book is as insightful and memorable today as when it was first published over 150 years ago.

This edition comes with an exclusive foreword by Russell Napier, author of Anatomy of the Bear.

Harriman Definitive Editions offer the best quality editions of the best financial books of all time. Beautifully typeset in new designs, accompanied by forewords by the best modern financial writers, printed and bound in high-quality hardcovers on acid-free paper - they are essential long-term additions to the portfolio of every investor and trader.

By: Charles Mackay
Imprint: Harriman House Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780857197429
ISBN 10: 0857197428
Pages: 588
Publication Date: 03 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Mackay (1814-1889) was born in Perth, Scotland, and over a prolific career in letters wrote poetry, journalism, novels, dictionaries and songs. Best-known in his lifetime for the last of these - which were set to music and became phenomenally popular - he is today best remembered for his epic guide to crowd psychology, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, which has never been out of print since its release in 1841. Educated in Brussels, he began his working life in France before moving to London and writing for the Sun, the Morning Chronicle and the Illustrated London News among others. He was also editor of the Glasgow Argus and Illustrated London News.

Reviews for Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Harriman Definitive Editions): The classic guide to crowd psychology, financial folly and surprising superstition

"""You might have Popular Delusions already. But it is still worth looking at the new edition if only for the warning it contains from Mr Napier."" --Merryn Somerset Webb, Financial Times"