tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post6883141593275191835..comments2023-10-30T12:20:56.384+00:00Comments on The Newspaceman: Pennies from "Heaven"Newspacemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882208154995715405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post-36024587299985501852013-04-25T16:01:43.378+00:002013-04-25T16:01:43.378+00:00There's a 2-part book written about Laws, in t...There's a 2-part book written about Laws, in the first part and the 2nd part a play about the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.<br /><br />Book 1 - 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CRowds' by Charles MacKay<br /><br />&<br /><br />Book 2 - 'Confusion de Cofusiones' by Joseph De La Vega.<br /><br /><br />This from the blurb on the back -<br /><br />" The market never ceases to befuddle and beguile. These two venerable books are fixtures on the short lists for most valuable books on the securities marketd, and investors continue to cherish them."<br />- Martin S. Fridson , MD, Merril Lynch&Co; autor of Investment Illusions.<br /><br />Mackay makes the point that Laws didn't want more paper money than specie but French King and aristocracy were so impressed by his idea and its results they just had to push it too far, seemingly Laws could do naught to stop their cupidity.<br /><br />cheersaferrismoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323962086698914361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895360772075558501.post-43817923064116566772013-04-25T13:57:59.349+00:002013-04-25T13:57:59.349+00:00Many thanks for your Lockerbie numbers.
- Aangirf...Many thanks for your Lockerbie numbers.<br /><br />- AangirfanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com