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Panic, Prosperity, and Progress: Five Centuries of History and the Markets

by Timothy Knight

February 2014

Beginner

480 pages

12h 21m

English

Wiley

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An Introduction to the Flower in QuestionRise of the TulipMarket FrenzyThe Bloom Is off the RoseThe Compost Heap
Law’s Early LifeFranco FinancesPaper MoneyA Golden OpportunityAn Expansion of PowerAbsorption and AscentThe Frenzy BeginsA New Venue and a PlateauCracks in the MississippiEconomic DictatorshipA Rush and a CrushAftereffects
Sovereign Debt and an IdeaA Useless MonopolyThe Bubble CompaniesNewton’s FollyWhirlpool in the South Sea

Prosperous ColoniesIntolerable ChangesProtestsContinental PaperPeaceful ResolutionEconomic Constitution
The Nation’s Central BankJackson’s Mistrust of PaperBiddle versus JacksonDeath of the Second BankWaging a War with WordsA Flood of Paper for LandThe Endangered Specie Act
An Empty StateA Challenging TrekDisappointed LatecomersA Distorted EconomyOn the Farm
Antebellum NationThe Modern NorthThe ConfederacyThe GreybacksBonds before BombsLegal TenderGold and a HoaxA Nation Transformed
The Robber BaronsSilver and GoldPanic Sets inCleveland and MorganThe Man behind the Curtain
A Simpler TimeThe Copper MagnateCornering UnitedThe Bank Runs BeginThe Stock Exchange TeetersRoosevelt’s Reluctant AidJekyll Island
Funding a WarAn Expensive PeaceThe Printing PressesWidespread SufferingA Nation of SpeculatorsThe Retenmark MiracleLingering Aftereffects
The Great War’s EndLower Taxes, Higher GrowthConsumerism BlossomsThe Florida Land RushA Nation of Speculators
The Orgy of SpeculationStock ManiaThe Market Cracks Wide OpenSmoot-Hawley TariffBusiness CouncilThe Slide ResumesThe Golden LatticeThe Bonus ArmyRegime ChangeGrinding to a HaltShuttering the BanksPutting People Back to WorkA Regulatory FrameworkThe Depressing FactsA Double DipThe World Returns to War
A Return to the Depression?The Great TransitionLeader of the Free WorldLifestyle TransitionEnd of an Era
The Birth of OPECWar and EmbargoDon’t Be “Fuelish”Iran and IraqInvasion of KuwaitThe Hundred-Hour WarAn Uneasy Partnership
Melting Down Saint-GaudensThe Hunt FortuneThe Hunt ChildrenThe Next Best Thing to GoldMuammar GaddafiThe Accumulation AcceleratesA Rising AssetHostile Management and Friendly ArabsChanging the Rules of the GamePutting an End to ItSilver ThursdayThe BailoutGold Riding ShotgunThe Double Eagle ReturnsBankrupt Billionaires
A Healthy DevelopmentOil Money Hunts for a HomeInterest Rate ShockBaker and BradyHyperinflationSubprime Parallels
The Death of InflationRebirth of the Stock MarketA Business-Friendly NationBonds and Inflation Signal a ChangeThree Days in OctoberA Worrisome WeekendBlack MondayTurnaround TuesdaySorting Out the Reasons
The Early Economic StructureThe Aftershocks of WarThe United States RebuildsFrom Dodge to IndependenceThing-MakingThe Soaring SixtiesOPEC and Little Japanese CarsElectronics GiantThe Bubble SwellsUnparalleled Property ProsperityThe Japan That Can Say NoThe Big CrashDamaging DemographicsThe Lost DecadesA Perpetual State of Recovery
Good Intentions and Honest GrowthLoaning to LoseOverly DeregulatingThe Real Estate Boom Goes BustKeating’s LincolnA New Foundation
Back in the USSRGorbachevThe August CoupPrivate EnterpriseSatellites Adrift
The Booming DecadesLiberal LendingA Subtle SlowdownThe Thai Baht BombInstantly ExpensiveThe Big Economies Join the DropThe World Turns Another Corner
After the FallLoans Instead of GrowthWelcome to the ClubStrains in the KremlinMoratoriumThe Have-NotsLTCM in AmericaRussian Resurgence
Living HistoryFuel for the FireThe Foundation is LaidRaging BullsNetscapeYahoo! and Irrational ExuberanceThe Cackle Heard around the WorldThe Madness Goes ExponentialA Las Vegas in Every HomeCentury’s EndAnalysts as OraclesMountains of MoneyThe WebVan PeakAn Adoring PressPeak and FallBurning UpStartup.com—The MovieHorror and TerrorPicking Up the PiecesThe Bubble’s Legacy
The American DreamA Yield-Seeking Ocean of MoneyUnreliable RatingsBubble DenialFinancial FissuresFiscal Free-FallBailoutA Nation on the Mend
The Ties That BindWhat Makes an Event a Historical Force?The Road Ahead