Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.
Contents
The stock market level in historical perspective -- Precipitating factors: the internet, the baby boom and other events -- Amplification merchanisms: naturally occurring Ponzi processes -- The news media -- New era economic thinking -- New eras and bubbles around the world -- Psychological anchors for the market -- Herd behavior and epidemics -- Efficient markets, random walks, and bubbles -- Investor learning - and unlearning -- Speculative volatility in a free society.