{"product_id":"9781897597323","title":"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Financial edition","description":"\u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark study of crowd psychology and mass mania and a singular casebook of human folly throughout the ages. Chronicled here are accounts of swindles, schemes, and scams on a grand scale. Other chapters deal with fads and delusions that have sprung from ideas, beliefs, and causes that still have champions today: the prophecies of Nostradamus, the coming of comets and Judgment Day, the Rosicrucians, and astrology. The book also surveys controversial people and movements of the past: necromancy, Father Hell and Magnetism, Anthony Mesmer and Mesmerism, the Crusades, sorcery and the burning of witches, not to mention the popularity of murder by slow poisoning.    \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Charles Mackay (1814-1889) was a Scots journalist, author, and songwriter who was born in Perth and educated in London and Brussels. He published a \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Lowland Scotch\u003c\/i\u003e and several volumes of verse, and also wrote several hit songs, including one (\"The Good Time Coming\") that sold 400,000 copies in 1846. Mackay also held a doctorate in literature and had an extensive career as a journalist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harriman House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019308187888,"sku":"9781897597323","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781897597323_p0.jpg?v=1763611269","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781897597323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}