Too many repeats -- Too good to be true -- Be a contrarian -- 20/20 hindsight -- Fundamentally wrong -- Investments can go down -- Sell too soon -- The king is in the altogether -- Blame someone -- A very British bubble -- Don't believe the hype -- Past performance -- All-in economics -- Beware of imitation -- Flower power -- Escape the crowd -- Going to Abilene -- Pump and dump -- Survivor bias -- The bubble that wasn't -- What don't you know? -- Forever blowing bubbles -- Turning wasted time into gold -- Ripley's believe it or not -- The need to believe -- The big shill -- Pure quackery -- Not in the stars -- Under a spell -- It's a sign -- Future imperfect -- Sugar pills -- Hair today -- An ordinary bloke -- Telling tales -- Count the cost -- Be careful what you wish for -- Kids do the funniest things -- What goes on tour -- Don't panic -- A witch (allegedly) -- The hidden hand -- From the top -- The dead puppy statute -- Slow poison -- Simplest is best -- We found that funny? -- Chattin breeze -- Ordinary decent criminals -- Their own rules -- Pistols at dawn -- Especially for you.

ISBN:

9781905940912 (pbk)

Dewey class:

332

Language:

English

Added title:

Charles Mackay's extraordinary popular delusionsMemoirs of extraordinary popular delusions

Subject:

Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889. -- Criticism and interpretationInvestments -- Psychological aspectsStock exchanges -- Psychological aspectsSocial psychology

BRN:

34831