Investing - General & Miscellaneous, Security Brokers & Investment Managment, Trivia Games, Social Psychology, Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders, Trivia, Behavioral Psychology, Securities - General & Miscellaneous, White Collar & Nonviolent Crime,
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Overview
Classic survey of crowd psychology takes an illuminating, entertaining look at three historic swindles: "The Mississippi Scheme," "The South-Sea Bubble," and "Tulipomania." Fired by greed and fed by naïveté, these stratagems gone awry offer essential reading for investors as well as students of history, psychology, and human nature.Originally published in 1841, this is a serious but frequently hilarious study of mass madness, crowd behavior, and human folly.
Synopsis
Classic survey of crowd psychology takes an illuminating, entertaining look at three historic swindles: "The Mississippi Scheme," "The South-Sea Bubble," and "Tulipomania." Fired by greed and fed by naïveté, these stratagems gone awry offer essential reading for investors as well as students of history, psychology, and human nature.
Book Details
Published
August 1, 2003
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pages
112
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780486432236