by Charles MacKay
We tend to think of sarcasm as a modern affliction, but Charles Mackay's writing is as sarcastic as anything I have ever read. Extraordinary Popular Delusions is a 700 page study of what Mackay calls the Madness of Europe, up until 1841. The book is divided into long and short sections, depending on...
I've had a lot going on for the past week and a half, so it ended up taking me much longer to get through this book than I had expected it to. Every time I'd finally get to sit down to read, something else would happen, and I wouldn't be able to get back to it for the next day and a half.Interruptio...
To be honest, I did not finish this book. The beginning was extremely interesting and well written. But as the story of the financial bubbles goes, it sounds more like the author is dragging his feet into the littles stories, instead of talking about the big one, the one I was initially interested i...
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