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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

PART ISTOCK RETURNS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Chapter 1The Case for EquityHistorical Facts and Media Fiction

“Everybody Ought to Be Rich”

Asset Returns Since 1802

Historical Perspectives on Stocks as Investments

The Influence of Smith’s Work

Common Stock Theory of Investment

The Market Peak

Irving Fisher’s “Permanently High Plateau”

A Radical Shift in Sentiment

The Postcrash View of Stock Returns

The Great Bull Market of 1982-2000

Warnings of Overvaluation

The Late Stage of the Great Bull Market, 1997-2000

The Top of the Market

The Tech Bubble Bursts

Rumblings of the Financial Crisis

Beginning of the End for Lehman Brothers

Chapter 2The Great Financial Crisis of 2008Its Origins, Impact, and Legacy

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