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    <![CDATA[&quot;Underneath the hilarious anecdotes, the elegant epigrams,s and the graceful turns of phrase, Kindleberger is deadly serious. The manner in which human beings earn their livings is no laughing matter to him, especially when they attempt to do so at the expense of one another. As he so effectively demonstrates, manias, panics, and crashes are the consequence of an economic environment that cultivates cupidity, chicanery, and rapaciousness rather than a devout belief in the Golden Rule.&quot; - From the Foreword to the Fourth Edition by Peter L. Bernstein, author Against the Gods and The Power of Gold   <p>   Praise for previous editions of Manias, Panics, and Crashes   <p>   &quot;Classic....Manias, Panics, and Crashes is a durable guide to meditation: wise, witty, and practical. It is a template against which to measure the latest financial crisis-whatever and whenever that happens to be.&quot; - David Warsh, the Boston Globe   <p>   &quot;Definitive.&quot; - Floyd Norris, The New York Times   <p>   [Manias, Panics, and Crashes] is a scholarly account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries.&quot; - Richard Lambert, Financial Times   <p>   &quot;What long has been the best history of financial pathologies is now even better. The reader who absorbs Kindleberger's lessons will be prepared to foresee and navigate the financial crises that surely lie ahead. Like a true classic, Manias, Panics, and Crashes is both timely and timeless.&quot; - Richard Sylla, Kaufman Professor of Financial History, Stern School of Business, New York University</p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps too technical. It specifically indicates that the current international lender of last resort is, up to a point the IMF, with the USA as proxy, implying that no scenario has been analyzed in which the USA is crashing down. And the previous time the USA was in a crisis, its importance with re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48432613">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been wanting to read this book for years; if only I'd read it sooner. It astounds me to think that the geniuses on Wall Street could have ignored this book when it was first published in 1978!!! With a prescience almost scary in its applicability to today's credit mess, Kindleberger outlines th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38253901">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good intro to the history of financial manias...etc.<br/><br/>I've been advised to stay away from gloom and doom books.]]></body>
    
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