A multi-disciplinary framework through which to spot financialbubbles before they burst. Based on a popular undergraduate seminar, entitled FinancialBooms & Busts, taught by the author at Yale University, Boombustology presents a multi-disciplinary framework foridentifying unsustainable booms and forthcoming busts. The magnitude of our recent financial crisis mandates a firmunderstanding of this phenomenon before the next crisis occurs. Boombustology provides an in-depth look at several majorbooms and busts and offers a solid framework for thinking aboutfuture occurrences. Examines why booms and busts are not random and can thereforebe identified - Focuses upon various theoretical and disciplinary lenses usefulin the study of booms and busts - Contains a framework for thinking about and identifyingforthcoming financial bubbles including several tell-taleindicators of a forthcoming bust. - Illustrates the framework in action by evaluating China as apotential bubble in the making.  If you want to make better decisions in today’s turbulentinvestment environment, understanding the dynamics of booms andbusts is the best place the start.  Boombustology canhelp you achieve this elusive goal. Vikram Mansharamani is a Lecturer at Yale University and aglobal equity investor. THE WORLD IS in the midst of an accelerating sequence of booms and busts, and despite these developments, no organized multidisciplinary framework exists for thinking about them. With the increased complexity and volatility surrounding financial bubbles, we need a more effective way to spot, and understand, these events. Based on his popular seminar at Yale University, Boombustology presents Vikram Mansharamani's multi-lens framework fore valuating the extremely elaborate social phenomenon of financial market booms and busts. Unlike other finance books—which discuss making day-to-day investment decisions or the optimal strategy for a particular market— Boombustology will help you identify the "needle-moving" extremes that have the potential to render many traditional investment approaches useless. Divided into three comprehensive parts, this reliable resource: Develops five lenses—based upon the findings of various disciplines, from economics and psychology to politics and biology—that can be combined to evaluate financial extremes - Examines the power of the multi-lens framework by applying it to five historical cases—Tulipomania, the Great Depression, the Japanese "Bubble Economy," the Asian Financial Crisis, and the U.S. Housing Boom and Bust—and demonstrates how the multidisciplinary approach might have helped to better understand these events as they took place - Illustrates the framework in action by evaluating China as being in the midst of a potentially unsustainable boom The framework found within these pages offers a robust understanding of the dynamics that precede, fuel, and ultimately reverse financial market extremes. Regardless of your economic or financial background, Boombustology will put you in a better position to spot financial bubbles before they burst. THE WORLD IS in the midst of an accelerating sequence of booms andbusts, and despite these developments, no organizedmultidisciplinary framework exists for thinking about them. With the increased complexity and volatility surroundingfinancial bubbles, we need a more effective way to spot, andunderstand, these events. Based on his popular seminar at YaleUniversity, Boombustology presents Vikram Mansharamani's multi-lensframework fore valuating the extremely elaborate social phenomenonof financial market booms and busts. Unlike other finance books—which discuss making day-to-dayinvestment decisions or the optimal strategy for a particularmarket— Boombustology will help you identify the"needle-moving" extremes that have the potential to render manytraditional investment approaches useless. Divided into three comprehensive parts, this reliableresource: Develops five lenses—based upon the findings ofvarious disciplines, from economics and psychology to politics andbiology—that can be combined to evaluate financialextremes - Examines the power of the multi-lens framework by applying itto five historical cases—Tulipomania, the Great Depression,the Japanese "Bubble Economy," the Asian Financial Crisis, and theU.S. Housing Boom and Bust—and demonstrates how themultidisciplinary approach might have helped to better understandthese events as they took place - Illustrates the framework in action by evaluating China asbeing in the midst of a potentially unsustainable boom The framework found within these pages offers a robustunderstanding of the dynamics that precede, fuel, and ultimatelyreverse financial market extremes. Regardless of your economic orfinancial background, Boombustology will put you in a betterposition to spot financial bubbles before they burst. VIKRAM MANSHARAMANI is an experienced global equity investor and a Lecturer at Yale University, where he tea