Charles Kindelberger's "Manias, Panics & Crashes." Should be mandatory reading in HS. Starts with Minsky's theory of how economic bubbles occur and progress,

Charles Kindelberger's "Manias, Panics & Crashes." Should be mandatory reading in HS. Starts with Minsky's theory of how economic bubbles occur and progress, then applies the theory beginning with the Tulip mania among the Dutch through to the modern era.