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Nipples Ultra's avatar

I'm a big fan of "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds". There is a 100-page version with just major financial bubbles, and a 700-page version with all 8 Crusades, alchemy, and lots of other nonsense. It was written in 1849, so it misses more recent bubbles and most notably Charles Ponzi. It reads like it was written in the late 20th Century, with a clean writing style, not at all the florid purple prose you would expect from the 1800s. A very readable book.

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An Investing Life's avatar

Such a great list! Have read most and have to acknowledge that this is a well put together list

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