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The delusions of crowds : why people go mad in groups /

"We are the apes who tell stories," writes William Bernstein. "And no matter how misleading the narrative, if it is compelling enough it will nearly always trump the facts." As Bernstein shows in his eloquent and persuasive new book, The Delusions of Crowds, throughout human hist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernstein, William J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Collective behavior > History.
Delusions > History.
Crowds > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude
  • Joachim's children
  • Believers and rogues
  • Briefly rich
  • George Hudson, capitalist hero
  • Miller's run
  • Winston Churchill's excellent adventure in monetary policy
  • Sunshine Charlie misses the point
  • Apocalypse cow
  • God's sword
  • Entrepreneurs of the Apocalypse
  • Dispensationalist catastrophes: potential and real
  • Rapture fiction
  • Capitalism's philanthropists
  • Hucksters of the digital age
  • Mahdis and caliphs
  • Epilogue.