Manias, panics, and crashes: a history of financial crises

1: Financial Crises: a Hardy Perennial -- 2: The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis.-3: Speculative Manias -- 4: Fueling the Flames: the Expansion of Credit -- 5: The Critical Stage – When the Bubble Is About To Pop -- 6: Bernie Madoff: Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle -- 7: Domestic Contagion: Twin Peaks? -- 8: International Contagion 1618–1933 -- 9: Bubble Contagion: Mexico City to Tokyo to Bangkok to New York, London, and Reykjavik -- 10: Policy Responses: Benign Neglect, Exhortation, and Bank Holidays -- 11: The Domestic Lender of Last Resort -- 12: The International Lender of Last Resort before 2000.-13: The 21st Century International Lender of Last Resort -- 14: Bitcoin: Worse than a Ponzi -- 15 The Lessons of History.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Financial Crises: a Hardy Perennial -- 2 The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis -- 3 Speculative Manias -- 4 Fueling the Flames: the Expansion of Credit -- 5 The Critical Stage - When the Bubble Is About To Pop -- 6 Euphoria and Paper Wealth -- 7 Bernie Madoff: Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle -- 8 International Contagion 1618-1930 -- 9 Bubble Contagion: Mexico City to Tokyo to Bangkok to New York, London, and Reykjavik -- 10 Euromania and Eurocrash -- 11 Policy Responses: Benign Neglect, Exhortation, and Bank Holidays -- 12 The Domestic Lender of Last Resort -- 13 The International Lender of Last Resort -- 14 The Lehman Panic - An Avoidable Crash -- 15 The Lessons of History -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Afterword -- Index.

Foreword -- Robert M. Solow -- Introduction -- Financial crises: a hardy perennial -- The anatomy of a typical crisis -- Speculative manias -- Fueling the flames : the expansion of credit -- The critical stage : when the bubble is about to pop -- Euphoria and paper wealth -- Bernie madoff : frauds, swindles, and the credit cycle -- International contagion 1618¿1930 -- Bubble contagion : mexico city to tokyo to bangkok to new york, london, and reykjavik -- Euromania and eurocrash -- Policy responses : benign neglect, exhortation, and bank holidays -- The domestic lender of last resort -- The international lender of last resort -- The lehman panic : an avoidable crash -- The lessons of history -- Epilogue -- Afterword / Lord Robert Skidelsky.