How markets fail: an atlas of economic irrationality
John Cassidy describes the rising influence of what he calls utopian economics--thinking that is blind to how real people act and that denies the many ways an unregulated free market can produce disastrous unintended consequences. He then looks to the leading edge of economic theory, including behav...
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| Zusammenfassung: | John Cassidy describes the rising influence of what he calls utopian economics--thinking that is blind to how real people act and that denies the many ways an unregulated free market can produce disastrous unintended consequences. He then looks to the leading edge of economic theory, including behavioral economics, to offer a new understanding of the economy--one that casts aside the old assumption that people and firms make decisions purely on the basis of rational self-interest. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Erscheint: November 2009 |
| Beschreibung: | p. cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780374173203 |
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| adam_text | HOW MARKETS FAIL CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 PART ONE: UTOPIAN ECONOMICS 1.
WARNINGS IGNORED AND THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM 17 2. ADAM SMITH S
INVISIBLE HAND 25 3. FRIEDRICH HAYEK S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM 37 4.
THE PERFECT MARKETS OF LAUSANNE 49 5. THE MATHEMATICS OF BLISS 61 6. THE
EVANGELIST 72 7. THE COIN-TOSSING VIEW OF FINANCE 85 8. THE TRIUMPH OF
UTOPIAN ECONOMICS 97 PART TWO: REALITY-BASED ECONOMICS 9. THE PROF AND
THE POLAR BEARS 111 10. A TAXONOMY OF FAILURE 125 11. THE PRISONER S
DILEMMA AND RATIONAL IRRATIONALITY 139 12. HIDDEN INFORMATION AND THE
MARKET FOR LEMONS 151 13. KEYNES S BEAUTY CONTEST 166 14. THE RATIONAL
HERD 177 VIII * CONTENTS 15. PSYCHOLOGY RETURNS TO ECONOMICS ^ - 192
16. HYMAN MINSKY AND PONZI FINANCE 205 PART THREE: THE GREAT CRUNCH 17.
GREENSPAN SHRUGS 221 18. THE LURE OF REAL ESTATE 235 19. THE SUBPRIME
CHAIN 251 20. IN THE ALPHABET SOUP 268 21. A MATTER OF INCENTIVES 285
22. LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN 299 23. SOCIALISM IN OUR TIME -* 317
CONCLUSION 335 NOTES 347 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 371 INDEX 373
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