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Inside the Greed Machine

FROM TULIP BLOOMS TO BITCOIN / AI BOOM

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Pub Date Oct 05 2025 | Archive Date Dec 14 2025


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Description

Inside the Greed Machine: A Journey Through History's Most Spectacular Financial Bubbles

A high-octane journey through history's wildest bubbles and scams – told with the bite of a financial thriller.

From the Dutch tulip mania of 1637 to the dot-com crash, the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrency fever, and today's AI gold rush – greed follows a pattern. And it's about to repeat again.

What if you could spot the warning signs before the next crash?

Emmanuel Mark Byron lost a fortune in the dot-com bubble while working at leading investment banks across Europe. After sharpening his insights at Chicago Booth, he spent two decades studying what connects every boom and bust: the psychology of greed, the mechanics of manipulation, and the warning signs everyone ignores.

Inside this book, you'll discover:

  • The Tulip Mania of 1637 – How a flower brought down an empire (and why we're still making the same mistakes)
  • The Roaring Twenties Crash – Margin trading, insider deals, and the birth of financial regulation
  • The Dot-Com Bubble – $5 trillion evaporated overnight (the author's personal reckoning)
  • The 2008 Housing Crisis – Subprime mortgages, credit default swaps, and "too big to fail"
  • The Cryptocurrency Boom – Bitcoin, NFTs, and digital gold fever
  • The AI Bubble? – Are we watching the next bubble inflate in real-time?

This isn't just history – it's a survival guide.

Through vivid storytelling from the trading floors and boardrooms where fortunes are made and lost, you'll learn to recognize the patterns of speculation, understand the psychology behind market manias, and protect yourself from the greed machine.

Perfect for readers who loved: The Big Short, Flash Boys, Irrational Exuberance, and Fooled by Randomness

Scroll up and grab your copy today – before the next bubble bursts.

Inside the Greed Machine: A Journey Through History's Most Spectacular Financial Bubbles

A high-octane journey through history's wildest bubbles and scams – told with the bite of a financial...


Advance Praise

Mark Byron shines a light like no other on age-old scams and repackaged Ponzi schemes. Well done

Mark Byron shines a light like no other on age-old scams and repackaged Ponzi schemes. Well done


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ISBN 9781919221847
PRICE $2.27 (USD)
PAGES 304

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