Animal Spirits
Akerlof's Animal Spirits Table of Contents (Akerlof, v):
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part One: Animal Spirits
- Confidence and Its Multipliers
- Fairness
- Corruption and Bad Faith
- Money Illusion
- Stories
- Part Two: Eight Questions and Their Answers
- Why Do Economies Fall Into Depression?
- Why Do Central Bankers Have Power over the Economy (Insofar as They Do?)
- The Current Financial Crisis: What Is to Be Done?
- Why Are There People Who Cannot Find a Job?
- Why Is There a Trade-off between Inflation and Unemployment in the Long Run?
- Why Is Saving for the Future So Arbitrary?
- Why Are Financial Prices and Corporate Investments So Volatile?
- Why Do Real Estate Markets Go through Cycles?
- Why Is There Special Poverty among Minorities?
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Reference
Akerlof, Geroge A. and Robert J. Shiller. Animal Spirits. How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters For Global Capitalism. Princeton University Press. 2009.
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