{"product_id":"mobs-messiahs-and-markets-9780470474808","title":"Mobs Messiahs and Markets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn insightful look at how to succeed by going \u003ci\u003eagainst\u003c\/i\u003e the crowd\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollectively, 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 \u003ci\u003eMobs, Messiahs, and Markets,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eShares the deeper secrets of investing and pushes you to question what this means for your financial well-being\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains why people so often abandon good sense an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: A Critique of Impure Reason.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Do-Gooders Gone Bad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Love in the Time of Viagra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The Transit of Venus.\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Words of War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Militant Messiahs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. War and Remembrance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Empire of Delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Heroes of the Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Flattening the Globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. The Number Game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. The Flat Earth Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. What the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Didn't Know.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Five: The Bubble Kings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Fin de Bubble.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. The Million-Dollar Trailer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Central Bank Bamboozle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15. The Mother of the Mother of All Bubbles.\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17. The Dupe of Hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402339852631,"sku":"9780470474808","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470474808.jpg?v=1730480116","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mobs-messiahs-and-markets-9780470474808","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}