Animal spiritis How human psychology drives the economy, and why it matters for global capitalism

By:

Akerlof George A

Contributor(s):

Shller Robert J

Publication details: Oxford Princeton University Press 2009Description: 230P xiii HBISBN:

9780691142333

DDC classification:

330.122 AKE

Contents:

Preface to the Paperback Edition vii Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxvii Introduction 1 Part One: Animal Spirits ONE Confidence and Its Multipliers 11 TWO Fairness 19 THREE Corruption and Bad Faith 26 FOUR Money Illusion 41 FIVE Stories 51 Part Two: Eight Questions and Their Answers SIX Why Do Economies Fall into Depression? 59 SEVEN Why Do Central Bankers Have Power over the Economy (Insofar as They Do)? 74 POSTSCRIPT TO CHAPTER SEVEN The Current Financial Crisis: What Is to Be Done? 86 EIGHT Why Are There People Who Cannot Find a Job? 97 NINE Why Is There a Trade-off between Inflation and Unemployment in the Long Run? 107 TEN Why Is Saving for the Future So Arbitrary? 116 ELEVEN Why Are Financial Prices and Corporate Investments So Volatile? 131 TWELVE Why Do Real Estate Markets Go through Cycles? 149 THIRTEEN Why Is There Special Poverty among Minorities? 157 FOURTEEN Conclusion 167 Notes 177 References 199 Index 219

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Preface to the Paperback Edition vii
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxvii

Introduction 1

Part One: Animal Spirits
ONE Confidence and Its Multipliers 11
TWO Fairness 19
THREE Corruption and Bad Faith 26
FOUR Money Illusion 41
FIVE Stories 51

Part Two: Eight Questions and Their Answers
SIX Why Do Economies Fall into Depression? 59
SEVEN Why Do Central Bankers Have Power over the Economy (Insofar as They Do)? 74
POSTSCRIPT TO CHAPTER SEVEN The Current Financial Crisis: What Is to Be Done? 86
EIGHT Why Are There People Who Cannot Find a Job? 97
NINE Why Is There a Trade-off between Inflation and Unemployment in the Long Run? 107
TEN Why Is Saving for the Future So Arbitrary? 116
ELEVEN Why Are Financial Prices and Corporate Investments So Volatile? 131
TWELVE Why Do Real Estate Markets Go through Cycles? 149
THIRTEEN Why Is There Special Poverty among Minorities? 157
FOURTEEN Conclusion 167

Notes 177
References 199
Index 219

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