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“Kindleberger’s message is that complacency can be a self-denying prophecy.” Read more...
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Larry Summers, Economist
“His book is a terrific narrative of a series of bubbles, going back to pre-industrial days – the Dutch tulip craze, the South Sea bubble, and so forth.” Read more...
Charles Morris, Entrepreneurs & Business People
“He describes very well how these manias occur and what the symptoms are of manias in terms of excessive speculation, overleverage, borrowing, fraud, embezzlement, high trading volumes, and so forth.” Read more...
Marc Faber, Fund Managers & Investor
This is the classic account of the life cycle of financial crises, how they happen, but more importantly, how they build, spread and take on lives of their own. Kindleberger’s book carries the message that, while policies may change and economic circumstances may vary, human psychology and oscillation between fear and greed will always be with us.
