{"product_id":"mobs-messiahs-and-markets-9780470112328","title":"Mobs Messiahs and Markets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy Going Against the Grain Pays. Bestselling author Bill Bonner has long been a maverick observer of the financial and political world, sharpening his sardonic wit, in particular, on the vagaries of the investing public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"…extremely timely…irreverent but thought-provoking examination of the goings on in international finance today… packs a serious punch.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003e\"To say that this book is skeptical or contrarian is like saying Warren Buffett has money....entertaining criticism of anything and everything...I read the full 400 pages in just a few days..\"-Rob May at \u003ci\u003eBusiness Pundit (Top 10 business site) http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/50226711\/mobs_messiahs_and_markets.php\u003c\/i\u003e(Nov. 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...the recent market instability stemming out of subprime woes makes this book extremely timely.\" (\u003ci\u003eGulf Business\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMobs, Messiahs, and Markets\u003c\/i\u003e by William Bonner and Lila Rajiva is a fascinating work....downright hilarious...a serious look at an important phenomenon in the human condition.\"- Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty of the highly rated philosophy site, Radical Academy (Oct. 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"a sharp-witted jaunt through the mass hysteria that’s defined markets and people through the ages\" -Money Week (Sept. 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"William Bonner and Lila Rajiva provide the answers in this exhilarating -- if somewhat depressing -- book. Although their insights will often make readers laugh out loud, they will also find themselves wriggling uncomfortably at the manifold idiocies of human behaviour.\" -The National Post, Canada (Nov. 07)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay would be a better choice to begin. Without that context for this book, you'll find yourself gobbling caviar without knowing what it is.\" - Donald Mitchell, author of The 2000 Percent Solution, December 18, 2007\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating book,\" - Alan Caruba in Book Views, December, 2007\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets is a tragi-comedy, full of sharp observations, delivered with equally sharp wit. This book's dark and disturbing revelations could leave one depressed and disillusioned, were it not so damn funny.\" -- Adam Bergen at Blog Critics, December 31, 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: A Critique of Impure Reason\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Do-Gooders Gone Bad 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Love in the Time of Viagra 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Transit of Venus 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Witch Hunts and War Drums\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Devil Made Them Do It 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Words of War 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Militant Messiahs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: War and Remembrance 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Empire of Delusion 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Heroes of the Revolution 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Flattening the Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Number Game 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Flat Earth Society 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: What the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Didn’t Know 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Five: The Bubble Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Fin de Bubble 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Million-Dollar Trailer 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Central Bank Bamboozle 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: The Mother of the Mother of All Bubbles 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Six: Far From the Madding Mob\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: How Not to Be Chumped by Wall Street 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: The Dupe of Hearts 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 413\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402287653207,"sku":"9780470112328","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470112328.jpg?v=1730479954","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mobs-messiahs-and-markets-9780470112328","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}