Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets
Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets provides an insightful look at an improbable array of instances throughout history and reveals why swimming against the current pays. It shares the deeper secrets of investing and pushes you to question what this means for your financial well-being. This book also reveals how the gush of credit let loose by Alan Greenspan has wreaked havoc on our lives. Ultimately, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets imparts sound investing principles for avoiding the pitfalls of the public spectacle, thinking for yourself, and protecting your money, your sanity, and your soul.
Praise for Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets
"This book strikes at the center of conventional wisdom. It is brilliant and fun to read."
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan
"As fun to read as it is thought-provoking and filled with fascinating insights into how the world really works."
― John Mauldin, President, Millennium Wave Advisors
"Learn about Fed bubbles and make Ben Bernanke unhappy: read this book."
― Lew Rockwell, President, the Ludwig von Mises Institute
"A cock-eyed, frolicking hell of a read."
― Dr. Mark Skousen, Professor of Economics and author of EconoPower
"I laughed aloud, I learned, and I was even offended. Behind the crafty writing, the authors share the deeper secrets of investing and push us to question what we believe."
― Steve Sjuggerud, Editor of the investment newsletter True Wealth
"Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets is one of the funniest and most entertaining books I have ever read. If I had to name just one book investors should read, this is the one I would select."
― Dr. Marc Faber, contrarian guru, author of Tomorrow's Gold, and Editor of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report
"Entertainingly and irreverently investigates the 'do-gooders' and 'world-improvers' who stir up mass hysteria, unjustified wars, and financial crises, while at the same time it warns readers how to better protect themselves and their pocketbooks."