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Manias, Panics, and Crashes (Seventh Edition)

A History of Financial Crises

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Manias, Panics, and Crashes (Seventh Edition)

By: Robert Z. Aliber, Charles P. Kindleberger
Narrated by: Alister Austin
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes is a scholarly and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises, speculative manias, and the lender of last resort, this book has been hailed as "a true classic...both timely and timeless".

This seventh edition of an investment classic has been thoroughly revised and expanded following the latest crises to hit international markets. Renowned economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of an inherent instability in the international system.

©2015 Robert Z. Aliber and Charles P. Kindleberger (P)2021 Upfront Books Banks & Banking Economic History Economics Macroeconomics Politics & Government Banking Capitalism Taxation Financial Crisis
Comprehensive Insights • Illuminating Content • Clear Performance • Financial Manual • Deep Analysis
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Great book. Definitely goes deep into the topics. Over my head at times and occasionally repetitive but still a great read and worth reviewing in times of financial turmoil.

A Financial Manual

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I read over a hundred books the global financial system. This book is my favorite. It provides deep insight on the real drivers that the investment community does not comment on.

Most comprehensive book on the subject matter

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The book is very Long and very erratic. Jumps on different centuries with the same paragraph. Repeating stuff.

Long and erratic

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This is a classic. The book on history of financial crises. All stages of a crisis are beautifully explained and generalized. Having said that, this is not an easy listen. Not really a book you want to run an extra lap to finish a chapter.

A classic, but not an easy classic

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Some pieces of it were really good but was way too verbose and complicated for me

Way over my head

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The performance is clear and modulated for conducive understanding. The book is illuminating and comprehensive.

Clear and modulated for conducive understanding

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Narrator pronounces S as a T which is very annoying and also grammatically incorrect. It should be in a neutral English for more people to understand and enjoy. but I guess the goal was not to reach a larger audience rather to show how posh you are.

Not a good narrator

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HORRIBLE narration. Unbearable droning on and on with a faux British accent. Bizzarre misproununciations. The content is boring, repetitive and I've heard all of it in other books.

Save your money

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It is just a display of the "facts", no analysis, no conclusions. I don't know what people can draw from this book.

There is nothing to learn from this book

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Very disappointing. I expected much better but never heard a word about central banks playing with money interest rates versus the natural rate of interest. Nor why with economic progress deflation of money prices should not be the natural order of things. So what did Benjamin Strong, Montagu Norman, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke et al think they were doing? Economists rend to hate price controls so why is fixing interest rates by central bank fiat compatible with a properly functioning economy? There was no economic theory underpinning to explain what started to sound like a pastiche of media stories since the the 70s

Lack of theoretical underpinning

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