This work examines the 'gold-rush fantasy' in American psychology and describes its dire consequences. The Florida land boom, the operations of Insull, Kreuger and Hatry, and the Shandoah Corporation all come together in Galbraith's study of concerted human greed and folly.
| ISBN | 0140136096 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780140136098 (What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 170 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Series title | Penguin business | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 29 Oct 1992 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Writer of introduction | John Kenneth Galbraith | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 338.54097309 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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