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Librivox recording of Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume I by Charles Mackay.
Read by LibriVox Volunteers.
The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions".
The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts, crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles. (summary from wikipedia)
M4B audiobook of complete book
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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Charles Mackay
Date: 2008-10-21
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; history; politics; alchemy; economic bubbles; magnetizers; delusions
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 00 - Preface |
3.9 MB
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2.2 MB
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| 01 - The Mississippi Scheme, Part 1 |
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| 02 - The Mississippi Scheme, Part 2 |
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| 03 - The Mississippi Scheme, Part 3 |
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| 04 - The South Sea Bubble. Part 1 |
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| 05 - The South Sea Bubble, Part 2 |
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14.4 MB
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| 06 - The South Sea Bubble |
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| 07 - The Tulipomania |
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| 08 - The Alchymists, Part 1 |
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| 09 - The Alchymists, Part 2 |
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| 10 - The Alchymists, Part 3 |
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| 11 - The Alchymists, Part 4 |
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| 12 - The Alchymists, Part 5 |
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| 13 - The Alchymists, Part 6 |
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| 14 - The Alchymists, Part 7 |
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| 15 - The Alchymists, Part 8 |
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| 16 - The Alchymists, Part 9 |
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| 17 - The Alchemists, Part 10 |
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| 18 - The Alchymists, Part 11 |
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| 19 - The Alchemists, Part 12 |
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| 20 - The Alchymists, part 13 |
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| 21 - Modern Prophecies, Part 1 |
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| 22 - Modern Prophecies, Part 2 |
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| 23 - Fortune Telling, Part 1 |
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15.1 MB
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13.8 MB
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| 24 - Fortune Telling, Part 2 |
21.3 MB
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11.8 MB
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10.6 MB
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| 25 - The Magnetisers, Part 1 |
34.4 MB
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19.2 MB
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| 26 - The Magnetizers, Part 2 |
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18.6 MB
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| 27 - The Magnetizers, Part 3 |
31.1 MB
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16.9 MB
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| 28 - The Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard |
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Reviewer:
Timothy Ferguson -
Subject:
An excellent book about conmen taking whole cities, or even countries, on the long con.
THe book's title sounds a bit academic, but its about grand capers and conmen. It's like Enron and the Wall Street bailout, with some of the high-class grifters who used ot pretend to turn lead into gold.
I'm really glad to have listened to this book. It's well read, and fascinating.
