Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1852)

According to Project Gutenberg, Charles Mackay's 'Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds' is now freely available in digital form. First published in eighteen fifty-two, Mackay's classic analysis of historical financial bubbles and crowd psychology remains a timeless study of why investors and speculators so often act irrationally. The book examines famous manias from tulip bubbles to stock market crashes, offering insights still relevant to modern markets.

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