Manias, Panics and Crashes

Charles Kindleberger1978book

Selected reading: Selected chapters and argument.

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How to study this source

  • How does money shape an economy?

    criticismSelected chapters and argument

    Reconstruct the main argument and identify the assumptions linking it to the route’s question.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

Read alongside, read against

  • Interest and Prices

    Michael Woodford. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics

    Richard Koo. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Lords of Finance

    Liaquat Ahamed. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • This Time Is Different

    Carmen Reinhart · Kenneth Rogoff. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • The Courage to Act

    Ben Bernanke. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.