{"product_id":"extraordinary-popular-delusions-charles-mackay-9781684220748","title":"Extraordinary Popular Delusions: Selections from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds","description":"\u003cp\u003e2017 Reprint of 1852 Edition. Being selections from \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMackay's work, first published in 1841, chronicles the various fallacies and delusions that have afflicted human thinking during the modern period. Though the scope of the first edition was wide ranging--including alchemy, fortune-telling, haunted houses and other forms of philosophical delusion--the present editions reprints only those portions of the original work that pertain to economic bubbles. Present-day writers on economics, such as Michael Lewis and Andrew Tobias, laud Mackay's three chapters on the Tulipomania, the South Sea Bubble, and on the Mississippi Scheme.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles MacKay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684220742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684220748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.25d","brand":"Charles MacKay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987998441727,"sku":"9781684220748","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a8e666f-c9ad-460e-928c-e3ed39d1df9e.jpg?v=1683292050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/extraordinary-popular-delusions-charles-mackay-9781684220748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}