This Ship is going Down!
Explore our curated reading list, This Ship is Going Down!, featuring essential books on economic crises and historical downfalls. Dive into Niall Ferguson's *The Ascent of Money*, Robert Shiller's *Irrational Exuberance*, and Joseph Stiglitz's *The Roaring Nineties* for sharp insights on financial bubbles and systemic risk.
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The Ascent of Money
by Niall Ferguson
Chronicles the evolution of finance from its origins in Mesopotamia to the modern world's most recent upheavals, covering such topics as the stock market bubble that prompted the French Revolution and the theories behind common investment vehicles.
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The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
A history of the forces driving the American economy to boom in the 1990s and collapse in 2000.
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Irrational Exuberance
by Robert J. Shiller
An expert on market volatility offers a timely updated edition of his best-selling study that shows that the value of the stock market may be significantly inflated and urges cautious optimism, predicting that the market may show poorer performance in the future. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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Empire
by Niall Ferguson
This grand narrative history of the world's first experiment in globalization offers lessons for an ever-expanding American Empire--from England's most talented young historian.
