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“Today, as in the time of the South Sea Bubble, human nature is drawn like a moth to a flame by the speculative fads of the marketplace. The excitement of new glamour issues in electronics or medical technology and the general euphoria over a rising market can lure even the most experienced investors. Their optimism overcomes their better judgment. They abandon critical analysis of the investment's fundamental value. Like gamblers in a casino, they play against the odds, paying inflated prices and dreaming of quick profit.” —from the foreword by John Marks Templeton. Mackay's classic, first published in 1841, studies the psychology of crowds and mass mania throughout history, including accounts of classic scams, grand-scale madness, and deceptions. Some of these include the Mississippi scheme that swept France in 1720, the South Sea Bubble that ruined thousands in England simultaneously, and the tulip mania of Holland when fortunes were made and lost on single tulip bulbs. Other chapters deal with fads and delusions that often spring from good ideas or causes, many of which still have their followers today: alchemy and the philosopher's stone, the prophecies of Nostradamus, the com

Who reads Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds?

Author

Oriental Institute of Chinese Studies & Bamboo Delight Company

Publisher

Templeton Foundation Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781890151409

Category

business

Subjects

Psychology, Computer Science, Business

Rating

3.91 / 5 (105 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14