Minding the markets
Subtitle: an emotional finance view of financial instability
By: David Tuckett
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230299856
Subjects: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Investments; Decision making; Psychological aspects
Description: "In this groundbreaking book, Tuckett argues that most economists' explanations of the financial crisis miss its essence; they ignore critical components of human psychology. He offers a deeper understanding of financial market behavior and investment processes by recognising the role played by unconscious needs and fears in all investment activity"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: The Special Characteristics of Financial Assets; title: Methods; title: Four Fund Managers; title: Divided States; title: Finding Phantastic Objects; title: Experiencing News; title: Divided Masters; title: Experiencing Success and Failure; title: Emotional Finance; title: New Economic Thinking; title: Making Markets Safer.