Robert J. Shiller Professions : Economist Born : March 29, 1946 Browse All Authors Top 49 quotes by Robert J. Shiller Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity - or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories. Robert J. Shiller stupidity focus expectations In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration. Robert J. Shiller issues creative running It amazes me how people are often more willing to act based on little or no data than to use data that is a challenge to assemble. Robert J. Shiller data challenges people The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence. Robert J. Shiller intelligence focus inspirational Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality. Robert J. Shiller data collecting reality A major boom in real stock prices in the US after Black Tuesday brought them halfway back to 1929 levels by 1930. This was followed by a second crash, another boom from 1932 to 1937, and a third crash. Speculative bubbles do not end like a short story, novel, or play. There is no final denouement that brings all the strands of a narrative into an impressive final conclusion. In the real world, we never know when the story is over. Robert J. Shiller real play tuesday Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really can't. Robert J. Shiller beats management people Stock prices are likely to be among the prices that are relatively vulnerable to purely social movements because there is no accepted theory by which to understand the worth of stocks....investors have no model or at best a very incomplete model of behavior of prices, dividend, or earnings, of speculative assets. Robert J. Shiller investing movement earning Economics is (now) about emotion and psychology. Robert J. Shiller psychology challenges inspire My father, Benjamin Shiller, told me not to believe in authorities or celebrities - that society tends to imagine them as superhuman. It's good advice. People are snowed by celebrities all the time. In academia people have this idea of achieving stardom - publishing in the best journals, being at the best university, writing on the hot topic everyone else is writing about. But that's what my father told me not to do. He taught me that you have to pursue things that sound right to you. Robert J. Shiller writing believe father Consider our difficulties avoiding junk food and overspending. Such addictions were carefully planned-for by professional marketing teams. Robert J. Shiller addiction marketing team I have argued that we need livelihood insurance, which would protect people against the risk of seeing their skills and expertise no longer needed. Such insurance could be offered by the private sector. Robert J. Shiller risk skills people Can a controlled experiment explain why people like Kewpie dolls in one year, Beanie Babies in another, and American Girl dolls this year? Yet social scientists are asked to answer analogous questions. We economists and perhaps psychologists shouldn't overreact to the derision. That is, we shouldn't try to overlay a false sense of precision on our admittedly squooshy work. Robert J. Shiller girl baby years I am worried that the collapse of home prices might turn out to be the most severe since the Great Depression. Robert J. Shiller great-depression home might Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity. Robert J. Shiller moral loyalty authority Life's meaning heavily benefits from lifelong bonds. Robert J. Shiller lifelong benefits The good news is that, at least in economics, I've seen movement away from its overemphasis on mathematical models of purely rational behavior to a more eclectic and commonsense approach: research that is, among other things, more respectful of insights from psychology. Robert J. Shiller psychology news research Marketers know that if people you respect - perhaps laughably including entertainers and athletes - say they like a product, you're more likely to buy. Robert J. Shiller marketers athlete people My clinical psychologist wife of 40 years has always had a close intellectual influence on me. When I was beginning to talk openly in the economics profession about irrationality in decision-making, I received a lot of criticism. Ginny would support my views and remind me that a whole other profession - psychology - studies people's irrational sides. Robert J. Shiller views people years Somehow, talking to young students brings you back to reality - it should, anyway. Robert J. Shiller students talking reality Similar Authors Bryan Caplan economist Burton Malkiel economist Bruno Frey economist Brian Wesbury economist Branko Milanovic economist Andrew Samwick economist All Authors
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