Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-469) and index
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Pt. I. The discovery of business cycles -- Gambling man -- Cash payment -- The dream team of money -- The Napoleon of finance -- Jay and the phantom gold -- Seven pioneers -- pt. II. -- The first business cycle theories -- The golden era -- The archeologists -- Fisher and Babson -- Keynes and the Austrians -- The Great Depression -- Lover, horseman, economist -- The problem with money -- pt. III. A hidden world -- The simulators -- Brains of steel -- Fat tails and all that -- Monkey see, monkey do -- Dot bomb -- pt. IV. The essence -- The state of the art -- Three questions -- The five main drivers of cycles -- The ten challenges of central banking -- pt. V. Business cycles and asset prices -- The mother of all cycles : property -- When art was in -- All that glitters -- What things are made of : commodities -- Bonds, stocks and funds -- The world's biggest market : foreign exchange -- Business cycles and market rotation -- Afterword: The beat of the heart -- Appendix 1: List of important events in business cycle theory -- Appendix 2: List of the largest financial crises in history