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Narrative economics : how stories go viral & drive major economic events, with a new preface by the author /

"From Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a groundbreaking account of how stories help drive economic events-and why financial panics can spread like epidemic viruses. Stories people tell-about financial confidence or panic, housing booms, or Bitc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shiller, Robert J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • narrative economics
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Preface to the 2020 Paperback Edition
  • Preface: What Is Narrative Economics?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I The Beginnings of Narrative Economics
  • 1 The Bitcoin Narratives
  • 2 An Adventure in Consilience
  • 3 Contagion, Constellations, and Confluence
  • 4 Why Do Some Narratives Go Viral?
  • 5 The Laffer Curve and Rubik's Cube Go Viral
  • 6 Diverse Evidence on the Virality of Economic Narratives
  • Part II The Foundations of Narrative Economics
  • 7 Causality and Constellations
  • 8 Seven Propositions of Narrative Economics
  • Part III Perennial Economic Narratives
  • 9 Recurrence and Mutation
  • 10 Panic versus Confidence
  • 11 Frugality versus Conspicuous Consumption
  • 12 The Gold Standard versus Bimetallism
  • 13 Labor-Saving Machines Replace Many Jobs
  • 14 Automation and Artificial Intelligence Replace Almost All Jobs
  • 15 Real Estate Booms and Busts
  • 16 Stock Market Bubbles
  • 17 Boycotts, Profiteers, and Evil Business
  • 18 The Wage-Price Spiral and Evil Labor Unions
  • Part IV Advancing Narrative Economics
  • 19 Future Narratives, Future Research
  • Appendix: Applying Epidemic Models to Economic Narratives
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index