Mobs, messiahs, and markets
surviving the public spectacle in finance and politics
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Author
Contributions
- Rajiva, Lila. - Contributor
Publication
2007 - John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
106,000 words, Guess
Page Count
424 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemobsmessiahsmark00bonn
- Internet Archivemobsmessiahsmark00bonn_450
- Internet Archivemobsmessiahsmark00bonn_572
- Internet Archivemobsmessiahsmark00bonn_358
- Internet Archivemobsmessiahsmark00bonn_435
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- ISBN-139780470112328
- ISBN-100470112328
- LibraryThing3786885
- Goodreads779202
- Library of Congress Control Number2007012349
- OCLC Control Number104883465
- Better World Books9780470112328
- Open LibraryOL17856333M
Classifications
- DDC658.4/73
- LCCHG173 .B64 2007
- LCCHG173.B64 2007
Alternate Titles
- Surviving the public spectacle in finance and politics
Description
Collectively, people think and act in ways very different from how they think and act as individuals. Author Bonner has long been a maverick observer of the financial and political world, sharpening his sardonic wit, in particular, on the vagaries of the investing public. Market booms and busts, tulip manias and dotcom bubbles, venture capitalists and vulture funds, he lets you know, are best explained not by dry statistics and obscure theories but by the metaphors and analogies of literature. Here, Bonner and freelance journalist Rajiva use literary economics to offer broader insights into mass behavior and its devastating effects on society. They end by giving concrete advice on how readers can avoid what the authors call the 'public spectacle' of modern finance, and become, instead, 'private' investors--knowing their own mind and following their own intuitions.--From publisher description.
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