Title: Manias, panics, and crashes :
Authors: Kindleberger, Charles P.,
Date: 1989
Publisher: Basic Books,
Physical description: xiv, 302 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
LC class: H
Abstract: Kindleberger presents an intriguing study of the major financial upheavals of history.
Contents: 1. Financial crisis: a hardy perennial -- 2. Anatomy of a typical crisis -- 3. Speculative manias -- 4. Fueling the flames: monetary expansion -- 5. The emergence of swindles -- 6. The critical stage -- 7. International propagation -- 8. Letting it burn out, and other devices -- 9. The lender of last resort -- 10. The international lender of last resort -- 11. Conclusion: the lessons of history -- Appendices -- Notes -- Index.