More than a century before Alan Greenspan coined the phrase 'irrational exuberance' to describe the speculative bubble inflating technology stocks, Charles Mackay was recording the history of 'tulipomania', a speculative madness surrounding the value of tulips in the 18th century that was the ruin of many Dutch and English investors. This is only one of the 'extraordinary popular delusions' documented by Mackay in a fascinating study of group psychology. He also describes notorious witch hunts, haunted houses, the Crusades, beliefs in fortune tellers and in the magical power of alchemy, veneration of relics, bogus health cures and health scares, and many other examples of human credulity and flights from reason. This work is a true classic in the study of paranormal beliefs, a funny, shocking, and unbelievable yet true history of human gullibility.
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.
这本书一直是我数目上的必读书,无奈之前只有选译本,没有全译本,最近出了全译本,我终于明白了为何它过去只有节译本 国内介绍这本书的时候,一般都作为金融经济类的参考书,说它详细地记录了1636年荷兰的“郁金香疯狂”、1720年英国的“南海泡沫”和1720年法国的“密西西比...
评分 评分 评分缺乏思辨能力的狂热群体,会为了一个口号,一次没有证实的期望或者缺乏逻辑的说服而奋不顾身,金融界已经无数次证明这一点。 99年黄子华说:“当师奶变成大佬,凶兆!”,巴菲特更有一句名言:“当别人恐惧的时候我贪婪,当别人贪婪的时候我恐惧”,说的无非都是一个简单的道理—...
评分这本书一直是我数目上的必读书,无奈之前只有选译本,没有全译本,最近出了全译本,我终于明白了为何它过去只有节译本 国内介绍这本书的时候,一般都作为金融经济类的参考书,说它详细地记录了1636年荷兰的“郁金香疯狂”、1720年英国的“南海泡沫”和1720年法国的“密西西比...
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