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An insightful look at how to succeed by going against the crowd

Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner-a longtime maverick observer of the financial world and the vagaries of the investing public-is vital to preserving your wealth and personal dignity. From the witch-hunts of the early modern world to the war on terror, from dot-com mania to the real estate bubble, people have always been caught up in frauds, conceits, and wild guesses-often with devastating results. In Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets, Bonner and coauthor Lila Rajiva show groupthink at work in an improbable array of instances throughout history and reveal why swimming against the current pays.

  • Shares the deeper secrets of investing and pushes you to question what this means for your financial well-being
  • Explains why people so often abandon good sense an

    Table of Contents
    Part One: A Critique of Impure Reason.

    Chapter 1. Do-Gooders Gone Bad.

    Chapter 2. Love in the Time of Viagra.

    Chapter 3. The Transit of Venus.

    Part Two: Witch Hunts and War Drums.

    Chapter 4. The Devil Made Them Do It.

    Chapter 5. Words of War.

    Part Three: Militant Messiahs.

    Chapter 6. War and Remembrance.

    Chapter 7. Empire of Delusion.

    Chapter 8. Heroes of the Revolution.

    Part Four: Flattening the Globe.

    Chapter 9. The Number Game.

    Chapter 10. The Flat Earth Society.

    Chapter 11. What the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Didn't Know.

    Part Five: The Bubble Kings.

    Chapter 12. Fin de Bubble.

    Chapter 13. The Million-Dollar Trailer.

    Chapter 14. Central Bank Bamboozle.

    Chapter 15. The Mother of the Mother of All Bubbles.

    Part Six: Far From the Madding Mob.

    Chapter 16. How Not to Be Chumped by Wall Street.

    Chapter 17. The Dupe of Hearts.

    Notes.

    Index.

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    A Paperback / softback by William Bonner, Lila Rajiva

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/10/2009
      ISBN13: 9780470474808, 978-0470474808
      ISBN10: 0470474807

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An insightful look at how to succeed by going against the crowd

      Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner-a longtime maverick observer of the financial world and the vagaries of the investing public-is vital to preserving your wealth and personal dignity. From the witch-hunts of the early modern world to the war on terror, from dot-com mania to the real estate bubble, people have always been caught up in frauds, conceits, and wild guesses-often with devastating results. In Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets, Bonner and coauthor Lila Rajiva show groupthink at work in an improbable array of instances throughout history and reveal why swimming against the current pays.

      • Shares the deeper secrets of investing and pushes you to question what this means for your financial well-being
      • Explains why people so often abandon good sense an

        Table of Contents
        Part One: A Critique of Impure Reason.

        Chapter 1. Do-Gooders Gone Bad.

        Chapter 2. Love in the Time of Viagra.

        Chapter 3. The Transit of Venus.

        Part Two: Witch Hunts and War Drums.

        Chapter 4. The Devil Made Them Do It.

        Chapter 5. Words of War.

        Part Three: Militant Messiahs.

        Chapter 6. War and Remembrance.

        Chapter 7. Empire of Delusion.

        Chapter 8. Heroes of the Revolution.

        Part Four: Flattening the Globe.

        Chapter 9. The Number Game.

        Chapter 10. The Flat Earth Society.

        Chapter 11. What the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Didn't Know.

        Part Five: The Bubble Kings.

        Chapter 12. Fin de Bubble.

        Chapter 13. The Million-Dollar Trailer.

        Chapter 14. Central Bank Bamboozle.

        Chapter 15. The Mother of the Mother of All Bubbles.

        Part Six: Far From the Madding Mob.

        Chapter 16. How Not to Be Chumped by Wall Street.

        Chapter 17. The Dupe of Hearts.

        Notes.

        Index.

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