Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles
William Quinn · John D. Turner
Jun 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Roger Clark
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Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s, and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social, and political consequences while others have actually benefited society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and speculators react to new technology or political initiatives, showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately come down to being able to predict these sparks.
About the author
William Quinn is a lecturer in finance at Queen's University Belfast, where he conducts research on market manipulation, stock markets, and, above all, bubbles.
John D. Turner is a professor of finance and financial history at Queen's University Belfast. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and an editor of The Economic History Review. His book Banking in Crisis won the Wadsworth Prize in 2015.
Roger Clark is a professional actor and voice-over artist who lives in New York City. He has performed in over forty-five countries.
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