Robert Shiller: Volkswagen Fraud Example of Phishing for Phools

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Nobel laureate Robert Shiller talks about what he learned at the Museum of American Finance and why he thinks it is a wonderful place to visit.

Robert Shiller: Why the Museum of American Finance Is Important (Part 1)

Robert Shiller: Revolutions in Finance & Economics (Part 2)

Professor Shiller reviews a brief history of revolutions in finance and economics. He covers widely accepted beliefs in finance and economics. He then mentions how incentives, behavior and outcomes effect these beliefs.

Robert Shiller Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception (Part 3)

Robert Shiller: Volkswagen Fraud Example of Phishing for Phools (Part 4)

Robert J. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize and the author of the New York Times bestseller “Irrational Exuberance.” He is the co-author, with George Akerlof, of “Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception” and “Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism.”

Robert Shiller: Forgotten Heroes of US Society (Part 5)

Professor Shiller expands on the idea of a civil society and forgotten heroes that shaped our free market society.

Robert J. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize and the author of the New York Times bestseller “Irrational Exuberance.” He is the co-author, with George Akerlof, of “Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception” and “Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism.”

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