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Animal Spirits

by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller

  • FINISHED
  • Finished June 2020
  • First published 2009

economics markets crises

The authors say economic swings are driven partly by psychology, such as confidence, fairness and stories people tell.   They argue this explains booms, busts and unemployment better than purely rational models.