
Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets
Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 18. September 2007
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-470-11232-8 (ISBN)
Description
Praise for Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets
"This book strikes at the center of conventional wisdom. It is brilliant, deep, and fun to read."
--Nicholas Nassim Taleb, author of the legendary investment classic, Fooled by Randomness, and the recent bestseller on probability, The Black Swan
"As fun to read as it is thought-provoking and filled with fascinating insights into how the world really works. It will teach you a proper skepticism as to what we are told by the mainstream media."
--John Mauldin, President, Millennium Wave Advisors, LLC author of the New York Times bestsellers, Bull's Eye Investing and Just One Thing
"Learn about Fed bubbles and make Ben Bernanke unhappy: read this book."
--Lew Rockwell, President, the Ludwig von Mises Institute
"A cock-eyed, frolicking hell of a read."
--Dr. Mark Skousen, Professor of Economics and Editor, The Worldly Philosophers
"I laughed aloud, I learned, and I was even offended. Behind the crafty writing, the authors share the deeper secrets of investing and push us to question what we believe. 'Think for yourself!' this book screams."
--Steve Sjuggerud, Editor, True Wealth, one of the world's most widely read investment letters
"Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets is one of the funniest and most entertaining books I have ever read. A classic for the student of the current period in history. If I had to name just one book investors should read, this is the one I would select."
--Dr. Marc Faber, world-famous contrarian guru, author of the bestseller, Tomorrow's Gold, and Editor of the maverick Gloom Boom & Doom Report
"Entertainingly and irreverently investigates the 'do-gooders' and 'world-improvers' who stir up mass hysteria, unjustified wars, and financial crises, while at the same time it warns readers how to better protect themselves and their pocketbooks."
--Ron Paul, Congressman and Presidential candidate
Reviews / Votes
".extremely timely.irreverent but thought-provoking examination of the goings on in international finance today. packs a serious punch." (The Independent, Tuesday 11th September)More details
Product info
gebunden
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Charts: 16 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 2 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
778 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-11232-8 (9780470112328)
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
William (Bill) Bonner is President and CEO of Agora Inc., one of the world's largest financial newsletter companies (www.agorafinancial.com). He is the creator of the Daily Reckoning, a contrarian financial newsletter (www.dailyreckoning.com). Bonner is also the author, with Addison Wiggin, of the international bestsellers Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt.
Lila Rajiva is a political journalist and the author of The Language of Empire, a groundbreaking study of the media coverage of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. She is a contributing editor/writer at Agora Publishing Group and the creator of the blog, The Mind-Body Politic (www.lilarajiva.com).
Content
Part One. Mobs.
Section One. A Critique of Impure Reason.
Chapter One. Do-Gooders Gone Bad.
Chapter Two. Love in the Time of Viagra.
Chapter Three. The Transit of Venus.
Section Two. Witch Hunts and War Drums.
Chapter Four. The Devil Made Them Do It.
Chapter Five. Words of War.
Part Two. Messiahs.
Section Three. Militant Messiahs.
Chapter Six. War and Remembrance.
Chapter Seven. Empire of Delusion.
Chapter Eight. Heroes of the Revolution.
Part Three. Markets.
Section Four. Flattening the Globe.
Chapter Nine. The Number Game.
Chapter Ten. The Flat Earth Society.
Chapter Eleven. What the Yonghy Bonghy Bo Didn't Know.
Section Five. The Bubble Kings.
Chapter Twelve. Fin de Bubble.
Chapter Thirteen. The Million Dollar Trailer.
Chapter Fourteen. Central Bank Bamboozle.
Chapter Fifteen. The Mother of the Mother of All Bubbles.
Section Six. Far From the Madding Mob.
Chapter Sixteen. How Not to be Chumped by Wall Street.
Chapter Seventeen. The Dupe of Hearts.