The Subprime Solution
by Robert J. Shiller
Written in 2008 as it happened: how bubble psychology caused the crisis and what institutional innovations could prevent the next. Short Shiller.
Read it if…
you want the crisis explained by a behavioral economist.
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Skip it if…
you want the full narrative; see Too Big to Fail.
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Three things you will actually use
- Bubbles are social.
- Design institutions for psychology.
- Act before contagion.
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Read the chapter on bubble thinking.
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Shiller on subprime.
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