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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164998103321

Autore

Reader Capitol

Titolo

Summary of Animal Spirits

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013

ISBN

2-511-00321-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 p.)

Disciplina

330.12/2

Soggetti

Capitalism

Economics -- Psychological aspects

Finance -- Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title page -- Book Presentation -- Book Abstract -- About the Author -- Important Note About This Ebook -- Summary of Animal Spirits (George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller) -- Introduction -- The Animal Spirits -- Confidence -- Fairness -- Corruption and Bad Faith -- Money Illusion -- Stories -- Eight Important Questions and Their Answers -- Why Do Economies Fall Into Depression? -- Why Do Central Bankers Have Power Over the Economy (Insofar as They Do)? -- 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 -- Buy the Book -- About the Summary Publisher -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller in his book "Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and why it Matters for Global Capitalism". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case George A. Akerlof's and Robert J. Shiller's book.Akerlof and Shiller highlight that conventional economics has ignored elements such as confidence, trust, fairness and corruption.



They argue that those elements must be tak