Manias, Panics and Crashes - Kindleberger, Charles P.
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‘Manias, Panics and Crashes’ was first published in 1978, and dealt with financial crises that were, for the most part, before World War II. Black Monday of October 1987, along with more research especially on the years from 1880 to 1893 indicated a need for a second look. The third edition had its stimulus in the Japanese crash of January 1990, the effects of which carried through to decade. This new fourth edition covers the striking troubles of Mexico in 1994-95 and East Asia in 1997-98.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Foreword; ‘P.L.Bernstein’
Financial Crisis: A Hardy…mehr

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‘Manias, Panics and Crashes’ was first published in 1978, and dealt with financial crises that were, for the most part, before World War II. Black Monday of October 1987, along with more research especially on the years from 1880 to 1893 indicated a need for a second look. The third edition had its stimulus in the Japanese crash of January 1990, the effects of which carried through to decade. This new fourth edition covers the striking troubles of Mexico in 1994-95 and East Asia in 1997-98.

Table of contents:
Introduction
Foreword; ‘P.L.Bernstein’
Financial Crisis: A Hardy Perennial
Anatomy of a Typical Crisis
Speculative Manias
Fuelling the Flames: Monetary Expansion
The Emergence of Swindles
The Critical Stage
Domestic Contagion
International Contagion
Letting It Burn Out, and Other Devices
The Lender of Last Resort
The International Lender of Last Resort
Conclusion: The Lessons of History
Appendices
Notes
Index
Autorenporträt
CHARLES P. KINDLEBERGER, after serving in Central Banking, the military and government from 1936 to 1948, taught economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in international economic and European Economic history. He retired in 1981 as Ford International Professor of Economics, Emeritus. Among his many books are’ The World Depression, 1929-39’ and the ‘Financial History of Western Europe’. His most recent work is ‘World Economic Primacy, 1500-1990’, published in 1996.