Narrative Economics

How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events

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Ranked #75 in Consumer Behavior

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

In a world in which internet troll farms attempt to influence foreign elections, can we afford to ignore the power of viral stories to affect economies? In this groundbreaking book, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller offers a new way to think about the economy and economic change. Using a rich array of...
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Nick Gillespie Must-read of today: @AllisonSchrager reviews @RobertJShiller's "Narrative Economics" at @reason, an important book abt how the stories we tell about ourselves can heavily influence or even create reality. https://t.co/xWjrDfV8BN https://t.co/J0XtHyIYuA (Source)


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