
Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation

The frenetic build-up of bubbles and their violent collapse provides some of the purest examples of the mimetic process—they crystallize fear, hope, hype, overconfidence, or under-confidence
Byrne Hobart • Manias and Mimesis: Applying René Girard’s Mimetic Theory to Financial Bubbles
The Origin of Financial Crises: Central banks, credit bubbles and the efficient market fallacy
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