Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
This volume was first published in 1978, and dealt with financial crises that were, for the most part, before World War II. Black Monday of October 1987, along with other factors, indicated a need for further research. The third edition had its stimulus in the Japanese crash of January 1990, the effects of which carried through to decade. This new fourth edition covers the striking troubles of Mexico in 1994-95 and East Asia in 1997-98.
CHARLES P. KINDLEBERGER, after serving in Central Banking, the military and government from 1936 to 1948, taught economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in international economic and European Economic history. He retired in 1981 as Ford International Professor of Economics, Emeritus. Among his many books are The World Depression, 1929-39 and the Financial History of Western Europe. His most recent work is World Economic Primacy, 1500-1990, published in 1996. AE(00): Foreword by PETER L. BERNSTEIN
Author: Charles Poor Kindleberger
Format: Paperback, 304 pages, 156mm x 234mm, 469 g
Published: 2001, Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: History: Specific Subjects
This volume was first published in 1978, and dealt with financial crises that were, for the most part, before World War II. Black Monday of October 1987, along with other factors, indicated a need for further research. The third edition had its stimulus in the Japanese crash of January 1990, the effects of which carried through to decade. This new fourth edition covers the striking troubles of Mexico in 1994-95 and East Asia in 1997-98.
CHARLES P. KINDLEBERGER, after serving in Central Banking, the military and government from 1936 to 1948, taught economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in international economic and European Economic history. He retired in 1981 as Ford International Professor of Economics, Emeritus. Among his many books are The World Depression, 1929-39 and the Financial History of Western Europe. His most recent work is World Economic Primacy, 1500-1990, published in 1996. AE(00): Foreword by PETER L. BERNSTEIN