Manias, panics, and crashes : a history of financial crises

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Manias, panics, and crashes : a history of financial crises

Charles P. Kindleberger

Macmillan, 1989

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Previous ed.: 1978

Includes index

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Description

Written by the author of "A Financial History of Western Europe", this is a book about financial crises. As a series of financial crises has been unfolding since 1978 the author decided upon a revised edition.

Table of Contents

  • Financial crisis - a Hardy perennial
  • anatomy of a typical crisis
  • speculative manias
  • fueling the flames - monetary expansion
  • the emergence of swindles
  • the critical stage
  • international propagation
  • letting it burn out, and other devices
  • the lender of last resort
  • the international lender of last resort
  • conclusion - the lessons of history.

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