Minding the markets : an emotional finance view of financial instability / David Tuckett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: xviii, 232 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230299856 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.601/9 22
LOC classification:
  • HG4515 .15 .T83 2011
Other classification:
  • BUS027000 | PSY021000
Contents:
The special characteristics of financial assets -- Four fund managers -- Narratives, minds, and groups -- Divided states -- Finding phantastic objects -- Experiencing the ews -- Divided masters -- Experiencing success and failure -- Emotional finance and new economic thinking -- Making markets safer.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-221) and indexes.

The special characteristics of financial assets -- Four fund managers -- Narratives, minds, and groups -- Divided states -- Finding phantastic objects -- Experiencing the ews -- Divided masters -- Experiencing success and failure -- Emotional finance and new economic thinking -- Making markets safer.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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