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Panics, Manias and Crashes [1] tells a good story about him and his schemes. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/367596.Manias_Panics_and_Crashes https://w
by tarkin2 5y ago
Panics, Manias and Crashes [1] tells a good story about him and his schemes.
[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/367596.Manias_Panics_and_Crashes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/367596.Manias_Panics_and...
- stanrivers 5y agoOh, that seems interesting - like a companion book to the more flamboyant one, Extraordinary Popular Delusions; sounds like it is more statements of facts and unbiased accounts, as opposed to entertainment?
- washadjeffmad 5y agoMy first encounter with John Law's story was after reading Charles Mackay's 1852 "Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds". https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/24518 https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/24518 It's plainly told and unsurprisingly familiar if you've followed the causes of any of the negligence entertained by the SEC this millennium.