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Book Editorial:4
Irrational Exuberance: Second Edition
Robert J. Shiller
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 185
John Cassidy, The New Yorker
During the past decade, he has emerged as a leader in the new field of
"behavioral finance" which seeks to apply lessons learned from other
academic disciplines, particularly psychology to economics.
Irrational
Exuberance is not just a prophecy of doom. Encompassing history,
sociology, and biology, as well as psychology and economics, it is a
serious attempt to explain how speculative bubbles come about and how they
sustain themselves. --This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.
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![]() | | 3. | The New York Times Book Review, Louis Uchitelle | | No one has explored the strange behavior of the American investor in the
1990's with more authority, or better timing, than Robert J. Shiller.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover edition. |
![]() | | Current Editorial | | 4. | John Cassidy, The New Yorker | | During the past decade, he has emerged as a leader in the new field of
"behavioral finance" which seeks to apply lessons learned from other
academic disciplines, particularly psychology to economics. Irrational
Exuberance... read full editorial |
![]() | | 5. | The Economist | | Irrational Exuberance should be compulsory reading for anybody interested
in Wall Street or financially exposed to it; at the moment that would be
roughly everybody in the United States, from Alan Greenspan down... read full editorial |
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Irrational Exuberance: Second Edition
Robert J. Shiller
![]() | | | Rational Expectations | | (Annandale, Virginia) April 5, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars | | 'Irrational Exuberance' will no doubt consolidate Robert Shiller's position
within his chosen field, but the book is also of considerable value to the
intelligent lay person. Other writers have drawn attention to ... read full review |
![]() | | | The sky is falling -- so now what? | | (Bellevue, WA USA) April 27, 2000 - 3.0/5 stars | | Prof. Shiller makes a strong case that the stock market is terribly
overvalued (as of early 2000), and he does a fair job of relating the
current era to earlier, pre-crash times (especially 1929). His
explanations for... read full review |
![]() | | | Turned me into a Bull from a Bear | | (Winchester, MA USA) April 18, 2000 - 2.0/5 stars | | I bought this book the moment it came out on Amazon, even before it was
discounted. I was rather disappointed; it feels like it was rushed to
press and could have used a few more rounds of editing. It has... read full review |
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