Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume I, credited to Charles Mackay, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume I by Charles Mackay. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions". The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts, crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles. (summary from wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume I
• Author credits: Charles Mackay
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 14:18:44

Catalogue topics

• history
• politics
• alchemy
• economic bubbles
• magnetizers
• delusions

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 00 - Preface — 4:15
2. 01 - The Mississippi Scheme, Part 1 — 31:12
3. 02 - The Mississippi Scheme, Part 2 — 31:48
4. 03 - The Mississippi Scheme, Part 3 — 39:21
5. 04 - The South Sea Bubble. Part 1 — 46:40
6. 05 - The South Sea Bubble, Part 2 — 31:50
7. 06 - The South Sea Bubble — 31:39
8. 07 - The Tulipomania — 21:12
9. 08 - The Alchymists, Part 1 — 29:39
10. 09 - The Alchymists, Part 2 — 23:39
11. 10 - The Alchymists, Part 3 — 30:04
12. 11 - The Alchymists, Part 4 — 33:53
13. 12 - The Alchymists, Part 5 — 38:49
14. 13 - The Alchymists, Part 6 — 17:20
15. 14 - The Alchymists, Part 7 — 31:02
16. 15 - The Alchymists, Part 8 — 12:35
17. 16 - The Alchymists, Part 9 — 28:48
18. 17 - The Alchemists, Part 10 — 40:12
19. 18 - The Alchymists, Part 11 — 38:01
20. 19 - The Alchemists, Part 12 — 21:38
21. 20 - The Alchymists, part 13 — 40:24
22. 21 - Modern Prophecies, Part 1 — 29:23
23. 22 - Modern Prophecies, Part 2 — 23:19
24. 23 - Fortune Telling, Part 1 — 30:11

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