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Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series)
by William Bonner, Lila Rajiva
from Wiley
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Mobs, Messiahs and Markets.
A very entertaining book but unfortunately very true. The crowd goes for a supremely confident demagogue who, when everything comes crashing down, is unable to recognize his culpability. Obama anyone?
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Very Informative Read...
I liked the writing style of any of Bonner's books and this one book, the subject is very appropriate for today's markets. I'd advice anyone concerned about where to invest their money right now to take a read.
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Sweeping assertions and poorly researched. 
As i read this book, it felt more and more like a heavily opinionated diatribe that belonged on an editorial page of your local newspaper. By the time i got to chapter 6, War and Rememberance, it was more than i could take. For example, "And thus though the history of warfare is a history of appalling spectacles, though in every chapter of it the bodies are pressed like flies between the pages, almost nowhere will you find any explaination for why they are there. Who can find a single reason for World War I... more info
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Ignorance is bliss; pursuing truth carries the risk that revelations will not be pleasant. 
Mobs, Messiahs and Markets doesn't take an in depth look at just one aspect of public life. Instead, it provides the reader with a variety of topics that stimulate questions about why we do or don't do what we do. I don't care to read about historical do-gooders so the first chapter was worrisome, don't worry! I'm glad Bonner and Rajiva touch on so many subjects, not just a few. The powerful simple introduction to the Group Think phenomenon sold me on the rest of the book! William Bonner and Lila Rajiva are... more info
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