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.

Intro -- Prologue by Henry Kaufman -- Preface to the Eighth Edition -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Financial Crises: A Hardy Perennial -- The Story Chapter by Chapter -- Notes -- 2 The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis -- History vs. Economics -- The Model -- The Validity of the Model -- The Relevance of the Minsky Model in the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- 3 Speculative Manias -- Rationality of Markets -- Rationality of the Individual, Irrationality of the Market -- Displacements -- Displacement to Crisis: It Takes Two Objects of Speculation? -- National Difference in Speculative Temperament -- Notes -- 4 Fueling the Flames: The Expansion of Credit -- Currency School Vs. Banking School -- Quality of Debt16 -- Securitization -- Call Money -- The Gold-Exchange Standard -- Instability of Credit and the Great Depression -- Notes -- 5 The Critical Stage: When the Bubble Is About to Pop -- Changing Expectations -- Warnings -- Financial Distress -- How Long Does Distress Last? -- Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Lehman Brothers -- Onset of a Crisis -- Crashes and Panics -- Notes -- 6 Bernie Madoff: Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle -- The Classes of Swindles and Corruption -- Swindles and Theft in the 1990s -- Liar's Loans, Ninja Assets, and Too Big to Jail -- Ninja Loans-Mortgage to Those with No Income and No Assets -- Shills, Touts, and Thieves -- The Theft of Information -- Fraud and Euphoria -- Bubbles and Swindles -- Noble Gamblers -- Venal Journalism -- Dubious Practices -- Corruption in the 1990s and 2000s -- The Temptation of Banks -- Notes -- 7 Domestic Contagion: Twin Peaks? -- Tulipmania -- The Stock Market and Real Estate -- Japanese Shares, Real Estate, and Banks -- Consumer Prices, Asset Prices, Credit, and Policy -- Notes -- 8 International Contagion 1618-1933 -- Allocating the Blame for the Crisis.

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.

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