![]() ![]() In the 21st century, the mathematician Andrew Odlyzko pointed out, in a published lecture, that Mackay himself played a role in this economic bubble as a leader writer in The Glasgow Argus, Mackay wrote on 2 October 1845: "There is no reason whatever to fear a crash". In later editions, Mackay added a footnote referencing the Railway Mania of the 1840s as another "popular delusion" which was at least as important as the South Sea Bubble. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Present-day writers on economics, such as Michael Lewis and Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetisers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. ( The Great Picture of Folly, 1720) A satirical "Bubble card" Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions by MACKAY, Charles and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Close ▲ "Night wind hawkers" sold stock on the streets during the South Sea Bubble. ![]()
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