Frenzy
Subtitle: Bubbles, Busts, and How to Come Out Ahead
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 18, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781403961310
Subjects: Economic history; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Political economy; Politics/International Relations; Investment analysis; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Stocks; Prices; Investments & Securities - Stocks; Business & Economics / Accounting / Financial; General; Financial crises; Speculation
First sentence: Most bubbles start "when someone makes a bunch of money," said Tom Perkins frankly.
Description: "We normally try to understand the economy by tracking numbers like unemployment and interest rates or inflation. But this is like trying to understand a car by looking at the speedometer. In Frenzy, Carl Haacke throws open the hood and reveals what really drives the economy. He explores the human dimension behind business bubbles, using the Dot Com bubble as the central story board. He provides insight into the colossal mistakes of the past and guideposts for future success."

"Frenzy illustrates how the Dot Com bubble can be dissected to show the anatomy of every bubble that has preceded it and the many more on the way. Through interviews with the world's most influential venture capitalists, Fortune 500 CEOs, and Wall Street's multi-billion dollar portfolio managers, as well as Haacke's own insights, Frenzy reveals the driving forces of the Dot Com bubble from its earliest beginnings to its collapse. By showing how these dynamics merely follow the ones laid out by bubbles of the past, Haacke provides critical lessons for today's business professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs on how to survive the frenzy that drives the accelerating waves of innovation and change."--Jacket.