Robert Shiller
“Is the Market Actually Efficient? No, It Is Only a Very Powerful Narrative”
A conversation with Nobel Prize laureate Robert Shiller on his new book, Narrative Economics: "Economists do not study narratives systematically, but they shape the...
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Dangerous Big Banks, Alexa, and Robert Shiller
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.
First up, a wonky but very well...
Can Narratives Shape Society?
Narratives that alter beliefs and change norms or guiding principles may indeed have real and lasting effects.Â
In the 2017 American Economic Association Presidential Address,...
The Role of Narratives in Economics
Narratives are vectors of ideas. Nobel laureate Robert Shiller suggests that in the age of social information networks, economists need to rethink how and...
