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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsBook

by Charles Mackay

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Aswath Damodaran
Professor of finance at NYU Stern School of Business, known for his work on valuation; writes the Musings on Markets blog.
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One of my favorite books is Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Markets, published in 1841, and it chronicles how market mistakes form and grow, using the South Sea Bubble and the Tulip Bulb Craze as illustrative examples.

Damodaran’s post on when crowds are wise and when they are mad. He writes the title as "the Madness of Markets"; the book is Charles Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.

2024-11-07·aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com ↗

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