Panic, Prosperity, and Progress Lib/E: Five Centuries of History and the Markets

by Timothy Knight

With the financial markets seemingly careening from one crisis to another, its vital for todays investors and traders to have an historical perspective on market performance during times of great turmoil. In Hysteria, Shocks complacency that things will turn out all right; and greed as a particular market goes hyperbolic, like gold in the early 1980s. Knight draws lessons from all this history, providing traders with guidelines to better navigate markets in todays tumultuous times.

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Published March 24, 2022

About the author

Based in Los Angeles, Timothy Knight is a nonfiction writer and editor who has written extensively on business, film history, popular culture and sports. He has also written the scripts for several documentaries based on various books from some of America’s top publishers, including The Overlook Press and Triumph Books.

From 2003 to 2007, Timothy served as the primary film critic for the website reel.com. He holds a master's degree in critical studies from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

When his face is not buried in a book, Timothy can usually be found writing one of his own. Among the many books he has authored are Great Kisses...and Famous Lines Right Out of the Movies (HarperCollins, 2008), Audrey Hepburn in the Movies (Metro Books, 2009), and Sinatra: Hollywood His Way (Running Press, 2010).