A review by ipb1
Some Extraordinary Popular Delusions by Charles Mackay

4.0

Dodgy financial dealings, ridiculous slang, stupid fashions, unsubstantiated superstition, pseudo-scientific wiffle.... today's world bears a lot of similarity with the 'popular delusions' of previous centuries that Mackay skewers with his dry and sardonic wit. Horribly, depressingly contemporary in its relevance.