| A Short History of Financial Euphoria Contributor(s): Galbraith, John Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140238565 ISBN-13: 9780140238563 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1994 Annotation: World-renowned economist Galbraith, the bestselling author of The Affluent Society, reviews great speculative booms of the last three centuries, including the junk-bond follies of the 1980s. With wisdom and wit, he shows how the lessons of history can help us avoid financial calamity. "Entertaining in its instructiveness".--The Boston Globe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 332.645 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.20 lbs) 128 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The world-renowned economist offers dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds. --The Atlantic. With incomparable wisdom, skill, and wit, world-renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith traces the history of the major speculative episodes in our economy over the last three centuries. Exposing the ways in which normally sane people display reckless behavior in pursuit of profit, Galbraith asserts that our notoriously short financial memory is what creates the conditions for market collapse. By recognizing these signs and understanding what causes them we can guard against future recessions and have a better hold on our country's (and our own) financial destiny. |