{"product_id":"9780691145921","title":"Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe global financial crises of recent years have made it painfully clear that psychological forces can imperil the wealth of nations. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, \"animal spirits\" drive financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller present a serious alternative to the standard economic theory that has failed to account for these essential human factors, and provide a radical new way to think about the economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking back to the prevalent despondence preceding the Great Depression and the changing psychology that accompanied recovery-which led John Maynard Keynes to coin the term \"animal spirits\"-Akerlof and Shiller reassert the necessity of an active government role in economic policymaking. In a new preface, they describe why our economic troubles may linger for some time-unless we are prepared to take further, decisive action.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019838111984,"sku":"9780691145921","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780691145921_p0.jpg?v=1763606821","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780691145921","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}