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Manias, Panics and Crashes

A History of Financial Crises

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  • © 2000

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  1. Charles P. Kindleberger
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  2. Peter L. Bernstein
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Financial Crisis: A Hardy Perennial

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 1-11

  3. Anatomy of a Typical Crisis

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 13-22

  4. Speculative Manias

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 23-47

  5. Fueling the Flames: Monetary Expansion

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 49-71

  6. The Emergence of Swindles

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 73-90

  7. The Critical Stage

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 91-107

  8. Domestic Contagion

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 109-116

  9. International Contagion

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 117-137

  10. Letting It Burn Out, and Other Devices

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 139-159

  11. The Lender of Last Resort

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 161-178

  12. The International Lender of Last Resort

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 179-206

  13. Conclusion: The Lessons of History

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Peter L. Bernstein
    Pages 207-215

  14. The Lessons of History and the Most Tumultuous Decades Ever

    • Charles P. Kindleberger, Robert Z. Aliber
    Pages 239-255

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 217-290
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About this book

Manias, Panics and Crashes was first published in 1978, and dealt with financial crises that were, for the most part, before World War II. Black Monday of October 1987, along with more research especially on the years from 1880 to 1893 indicated a need for a second look. The third edition had its stimulus in the Japanese crash of January 1990, the effects of which carried through to decade. This new fourth edition covers the striking troubles of Mexico in 1994-95 and East Asia in 1997-98.

Reviews

'Charles Kindleberger has written, with great polish and style, an analysis of the stages of financial crises over the last two and a half centuries.' - Patrick Minford, Economic Journal

'Manias, Panics and Crashes is a scholarly account for the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries.' - Richard Lambert, Financial Times

'Professor Kindleberger has the welcome gifts of carrying lightly an immense weight of learning and of always using his imagination in deciding how to deploy it. These gifts are as evident as ever in his latest book.' - W.Ashworth, Economic History Review

About the authors

CHARLES P. KINDLEBERGER, after serving in Central Banking, the military and government from 1936 to 1948, taught economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in international economic and European Economic history. He retired in 1981 as Ford International Professor of Economics, Emeritus. Among his many books are The World Depression, 1929-39 and the Financial History of Western Europe. His most recent work is World Economic Primacy, 1500-1990, published in 1996.

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