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...

The subprime mortgage crisis has already wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people and now it threatens to derail the U.S. economy and economies around the world. In this trenchant book, best-selling economist Robert Shiller reveals the origins of this crisis and puts forward bold...

Redakteure der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung befassen sich mit Finanzkrisen der Vergangenheit und mit der jetzigen "Subprime"-Krise. Im 1. Teil geht es um Crashs der Vergangenheit, beginnend mit dem 1. Staatsbankrott in der Regierungszeit Kaiser Karls V, über die Spekulationsblase am...

The classic on crashes and financial crises Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Fifth Edition is a scholarly and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises,...