Dot.con:TheGreatestStoryEverSold (互联网经济:非理性的繁荣)
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作者John Cassidy
出版社HarperCollinsPublishers
ISBN9780060008802
出版时间2002
版次2002-02-04
印刷时间2002
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页数372页
上书时间2012-04-12
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Amazon.comJohnCassidy’sDot.conisthemostsweepinganddefinitiveassessmentpublishedthusfarofthestockmarketmaniathatsweptthiscountryinthelate1990s.Cassidy,whocoverseconomicsandfinanceforTheNewYorker,findsmanyseedsfortheboom:VannevarBush’s“memex”machine,the“intellectualforerunneroftheWorldWideWeb”;increasingpopularityof401(k)sandIRAs,whichintroducedmillionsofAmericanstotheequitymarkets,givingrisetoa“stockmarketculture;andtheattentionandhypeinthelate80sandearly90ssurroundingthe“informationsuperhighway”promotedbythelikesofAlGore,NewtGingrich,andNicholasNegroponte.WhenNetscapewentpublicin1995,theInternetmaniabeganafive-yearrunthatwasfueledinpartbythemedia,thepoliciespromotedbyAlanGreenspanandtheFederalReserve,theriseofdaytrading,andthedelugeofIPOsbroughttomarketbyfirmssuchasMorganStanleyandMerrillLynchandtheiranalystcheerleadersMaryMeekerandHenryBlodget.Foranyonewhogotcaughtupinthemaniaandfounderedinitseventualcrash,Dot.conisabittersweettripdownmemorylanethatCassidycapturesjustperfectly.Highlyrecommended. --HarryC.EdwardsFromPublishersWeeklyThisbooksepigraph,Evergetthefeelingyouvebeencheated?(byJohnnyRotten),perfectlysetsthetoneforwhatfollows.CassidycertainlyknowshewascheatedbythecollapseofInternetstocks,andherehesetsouttodiscoverwhostoblame.Hissearchincludesahistoryofthestockmarket(startinginancientRome)andfindsthatmostbuyingmaniasandspeculativebubbleswereencouragedbyunscrupulousfinancialprofessionals.HetracestheInternettoVannevarBushsworkduringWorldWarII.Itsdeveloperstendedtobeyoungmenwithlonggreasyhair,thickglasses,andanobsessiveinterestinsciencefiction,whowereheldincontemptbytherestoftheworld.ButCassidy,aneconomicswriterattheNewYorker,goesbeyondtheseusualsuspectsofstockbrokersandcomputergeeks.HedevotestwochapterstocriticizingAlanGreenspanformakingfrequentreferencestothebenefitsofnewtechnology,amongotherthings.Theauthorindictsmanyadditionalpublicfigures,journalists,analysts,authorsandbusinesspeoplebynameandfindsthemguilty.Despitethesensationalcharges,thereislittlenewhere.ItshardtobelievethatanyonewillbeshockedtolearnthatmostInternetcompaniesanddaytraderslostmoneyorthatventurecapitalists,investmentbankersandstockanalystsmadelargefeespromotingstockswithoutsubjectingthecompaniesinquestiontocriticalscrutiny.Cassidydoesnotevendeliveranentertainingrant.Mostofthepagesareuninspiredchroniclesofwell-knownevents.Agents,AndrewWylieandJeffreyPosternak.(Feb.)Forecast:ThelargenumberofpeoplewholostmoneyinInternetstockswillbepredisposedtoacceptthisbookspremise.Thefair-mindedoneswillwantabetteranalysis;theangryoneswillwantmoredirtorpassion.
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