Devil Take the Hindmost

A History of Financial Speculation

2000

History

by

Edward Chancellor

A historical account of financial speculation, tracing major bubbles from the 1600s through the 1990s dot-com crash. The author focuses on how individual and crowd psychology—amplified by loose monetary policy—has repeatedly fueled euphoric booms followed by devastating busts.

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