The Delusions Of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups

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William bernstein's the delusion of crowds is both brilliant and fascinating. The financial-panic side focuses quite a bit on the 2000 dot. It is relevant because it underlies the us foreign policy towards israel. The founding of the state of israel i... Read More

Cons

The book is not a history of financial manias and bubbles. Both the macro and micro organization often seems poor to me. If you want to learn about religious manias, there are many other books on this topic.

I am through 2 chapters, and find the book very disappointing. The content of the first 2 chapters is so boring (for me) that i find it hard to stay awake through the narration, sadly. A disappointment after a surprisingly good podcast review.

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Excellent maps diagrams footnotes bibliography and index

His examples are both fascinating thought provoking and a tad terrifying chuckle

He is not effective at highlighting what is important and what is not

He falls into the trap that i warn my students against which is allowing your sources to take the lead and decide what to include

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Foot house that i live in in southern california is worth 803000

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But it has almost nothing to say about the more recent financial collapse of 20082010 much less the more recent runup of bitcoi... Read More

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This product had a total of 202 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 11 2024.