...for some reason there's an element of "delusion" or something like that ... in other words the title had something to do with not only the markets and crashes, but really any kind of baseless "hysteria" ... the title you mention comes awfully close... so much so that i'm beginning to doubt my own memory on this (in fact, I seem to remember Boyd mentioning the book also).

Arrgh... this is drivin' me nuts! It's like the title is on the edge of my tongue ...

Thanks anyway Dien... maybe as the weekend peters out more will view and comment...

-Anon.

> The search engine is acting a bit funny...
> I'll have to fix that.

> However, I found the post you *might* be
> looking for. It's a post by Boyd - another
> one of his short, yet valuable posts!

> Boyd's post links to an article, which
> mentions the book you might be looking for.
> The book is called "Manias, Panics, and
> Crashes: A History of Financial Crises"
> by Charles P. Kindleberger. (It seems to be
> about the same topic.)

> Here's a link to Boyd's original post (you
> can follow it to the article)....

>
> http://www.sowpub.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl?read=9437
> It could be relevant now, since many people
> think we are currently in a real estate
> bubble.

> - Dien