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Panic : the story of modern financial insanity / [edited by] Michael Lewis.

Contributor(s): Lewis, Michael (Michael M.).
Publisher: London : Penguin Books, c2008Description: viii, 391 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780141042312 (pbk.).Subject(s): Financial crises -- History -- 20th century | Financial crises -- History -- 21st century | Finance -- Psychological aspects | Investments -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 338.542
Contents:
Introduction. - Pt. 1. A brand-new kind of crash. - Pt. II. Foreigners gone wild. - Pt. III. The new new panic. - Pt. IV. The people's panic. - Acknowledgments. - Glossary. - Contributors' biographies. - Credits
Summary: An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1998 Russian default (and the consequent collapse of U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble of 1995-2001, and the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place.
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Introduction. - Pt. 1. A brand-new kind of crash. - Pt. II. Foreigners gone wild. - Pt. III. The new new panic. - Pt. IV. The people's panic. - Acknowledgments. - Glossary. - Contributors' biographies. - Credits

An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1998 Russian default (and the consequent collapse of U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble of 1995-2001, and the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place.