Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles

ISBN-13: 9781108431651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 310 str.

William Quinn; John D. Turner

Opis

Reveals why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited society.

Recenzje

'This wonderful book is interesting, informative, and insightful … Highly recommended.' R. M. Whaples, Choice

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; 1. The bubble triangle; 2. 1720 and the invention of the bubble; 3. Marketability revived: the first emerging market bubble; 4. Democratising speculation: the great railway mania; 5. Other people's money: the Australian land boom; 6. Wheeler-dealers: the British bicycle mania; 7. The roaring twenties and the Wall Street Crash; 8. Blowing bubbles for political purposes: Japan in the 1980s; 9. The dot-com bubble; 10. 'No more boom and bust': the subprime bubble; 11. Casino capitalism with Chinese characteristics; 12. Predicting bubbles; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.