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19%OFFGeorge A. Akerlof - Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism - 9780691145921 - V9780691145921
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Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

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Description for Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism Paperback. The global financial crisis has made it clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations. This title challenges the economic wisdom that got us into this mess, and puts forward a vision that transforms economics and restores prosperity. It asserts the necessity of an active government role in economic policymaking. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into this mess, and put forward a bold new vision that will transform economics and restore prosperity. Akerlof and Shiller reassert the necessity of an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering the idea of animal spirits, a term John Maynard Keynes ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691145921
SKU
V9780691145921
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About George A. Akerlof
George A. Akerlof is the Daniel E. Koshland Sr. Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics. Robert J. Shiller is the best-selling author of "Irrational Exuberance" and "The Subprime Solution" (both Princeton). He is the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University.

Reviews for Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

Robert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics
George A. Akerlof, Co-Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the 2009 International Book Award, getAbstract
Co-Winner of the 2010 Silver Medal Book Award in Entrepreneurship, Axiom Business
Co-Winner of the 2010 Robert Lane Award for the Best Book in Political Psychology, ... Read more

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