Bøker av Charles MacKay

Charles MacKay's groundbreaking examination of a staggering variety of popular delusions, crazes and mass follies is presented here in full with no abridgements.The text concentrates on a wide variety of phenomena which had occurred over the centuries prior to this book's publication in 1841. Mackay begins by examining economic bubbles, such as the infamous Tulipomania, wherein Dutch tulips rocketed in value amid claims they could be substituted for actual currency.As we progress further, the scope of the book broadens into several more exotic fields of mass self-deception. Mackay turns his attention to the witch hunts of the 17th and 18th centuries, the practice of alchemy, the phenomena of haunted houses, the vast and varied practices of fortune telling and the search for the philosopher's stone, to name but a handful of subjects.Today, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds is distinguished as an expansive, well-researched and somewhat eccentric work of social history.

Charles MacKay's groundbreaking examination of a staggering variety of popular delusions, crazes and mass follies is presented here in full with no abridgements.The text concentrates on a wide variety of phenomena which had occurred over the centuries prior to this book's publication in 1841. Mackay begins by examining economic bubbles, such as the infamous Tulipomania, wherein Dutch tulips rocketed in value amid claims they could be substituted for actual currency.As we progress further, the scope of the book broadens into several more exotic fields of mass self-deception. Mackay turns his attention to the witch hunts of the 17th and 18th centuries, the practice of alchemy, the phenomena of haunted houses, the vast and varied practices of fortune telling and the search for the philosopher's stone, to name but a handful of subjects.Today, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds is distinguished as an expansive, well-researched and somewhat eccentric work of social history.

"Delirios populares extraordinarios y la locura de las masas" describe tres momentos históricos de especulación desbordada en Inglaterra, Francia y Holanda, ocurridos entre 1635 y 1720 que guardan una extraordinaria similitud con sucesos actuales del mundo financiero.Los tres momentos históricos de especulación que describe el libro son: el proyecto del Misisipi, la burbuja de la South Sea company y la tulipomanía o manía de los tulipanes. La oportunidad de comprar a bajo precio bienes que se revalorizaban a una velocidad enorme se puso a disposición de un gran número de personas de todas las clases sociales, que alcanzaron la riqueza con la misma rapidez que la perdieron después.*Las tres historias se cuentan de forma muy entretenida.*Son materiales valiosos para comprender la forma de pensar y de tomar decisiones de las personas.*Los fenómenos que describió en su momento siguen repitiéndose hoy con las obligadas variantes de tiempo, lugar y circunstancia.*Los analistas económicos de nuestros días recurren a estas historias para explicar comportamientos actuales ante el dinero y los mercados.