Robert J. Shiller
Robert J. Shiller
Robert James "Bob" Shiller is an American Nobel Laureate, economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Researchsince 1980, was vice president of the American Economic Association in 2005, and president of the Eastern Economic Association for 2006–2007. He is also the co‑founder and chief...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth29 March 1946
CountryUnited States of America
Robert J. Shiller quotes about
There is more uncertainty than usual about job futures because computers are replacing more and more human intelligence, and globalization is proceeding at an accelerating pace.
Each profession has its own toolkit.
Life's meaning heavily benefits from lifelong bonds.
Marketers know that if people you respect - perhaps laughably including entertainers and athletes - say they like a product, you're more likely to buy.
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.
Economics is (now) about emotion and psychology.