Animal Spirits：How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

图书标准信息

• 作者 George A.（乔治·阿克尔洛夫）、Robert J. Shiller（罗伯特· J·席勒） 著
• 出版社 Princeton University Press
• 出版时间 2009-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780691142333
• 定价 287.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 264页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Theglobalfinancialcrisishasmadeitpainfullyclearthatpowerfulpsychologicalforcesareimperilingthewealthofnationstoday.Fromblindfaithinever-risinghousingpricestoplummetingconfidenceincapitalmarkets,"animalspirits"aredrivingfinancialeventsworldwide.Inthisbook,acclaimedeconomistsGeorgeAkerlofandRobertShillerchallengetheeconomicwisdomthatgotusintothismess,andputforwardaboldnewvisionthatwilltransformeconomicsandrestoreprosperity.

AkerlofandShillerreassertthenecessityofanactivegovernmentroleineconomicpolicymakingbyrecoveringtheideaofanimalspirits,atermJohnMaynardKeynesusedtodescribethegloomanddespondencethatledtotheGreatDepressionandthechangingpsychologythataccompaniedrecovery.LikeKeynes,AkerlofandShillerknowthatmanagingtheseanimalspiritsrequiresthesteadyhandofgovernment--simplyallowingmarketstoworkwon'tdoit.Inrebuildingthecaseforamorerobust,behaviorallyinformedKeynesianism,theydetailthemostpervasiveeffectsofanimalspiritsincontemporaryeconomiclife--suchasconfidence,fear,badfaith,corruption,aconcernforfairness,andthestorieswetellourselvesaboutoureconomicfortunes--andshowhowReaganomics,Thatcherism,andtherationalexpectationsrevolutionfailedtoaccountforthem.

AnimalSpiritsoffersaroadmapforreversingthefinancialmisfortunesbesettingustoday.Readitandlearnhowleaderscanchannelanimalspirits--thepowerfulforcesofhumanpsychologythatareafootintheworldeconomytoday.

【作者简介】

GeorgeA.AkerlofistheDanielE.KoshlandSr.DistinguishedProfessorofEconomicsattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Hewasawardedthe2001NobelPrizeineconomics.RobertJ.Shilleristhebest-sellingauthorof"IrrationalExuberance"and"TheSubprimeSolution"(bothPrinceton).HeistheArthurM.OkunProfessorofEconomicsatYaleUniversity.

【目录】

Preface

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

Part One: Animal Spirits

  ONE Confidence and Its Multipliers

  TWO Fairness

  THREE Corruption and Bad Faith

  FOUR Money Illusion

  FIVE Stories

Part Two" Eight Questions and Their Aalswers

  six Why Do Economies Fall into Depression?

  SEVEN Why Do Central Bankers Have Power over the

  Economy (Insofar as They Do)?

  POSTSCRIPT TO CHAPTER SEVEN The Current Financial Crisis:

  What Is to Be Done?

  EIGHT Why Are There People Who Cannot Find a Job?

  NInE Why IS There a Trade-offbetween Inflation and

  Unemployment in the Long Run?

  TEN Why Is Saving for the Future So Arbitrary?

  ELEVEN Why Are Financial Prices and Corporate

  Invcstments So Volatile?

  TWELVE Why Do Real Estate Markets Go through Cycles?

  THIRTEEN Why IS There Special Poverty among Minorities?

  FOURTEEN Conclusion

Notes

References

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