Can a controlled experiment explain why people like Kewpie dolls in one year, Beanie Babies in another, and American Girl dolls this… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Diversify, because that helps reduce risk. And you can diversify outside the United States. Some people would never invest in Europe -… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest rates,… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
My father, Benjamin Shiller, told me not to believe in authorities or celebrities - that society tends to imagine them as superhuman.… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
People might just decide, 'Yeah, I'll diversify my portfolio. I'll live in a rental.' That is a very sensible thing for many… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
I have argued that we need livelihood insurance, which would protect people against the risk of seeing their skills and expertise no… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Marketers know that if people you respect - perhaps laughably including entertainers and athletes - say they like a product, you're more… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Fifty years ago or a hundred years ago, generally, most people would buy a house the way you buy a car. When… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
My clinical psychologist wife of 40 years has always had a close intellectual influence on me. When I was beginning to talk… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
In a bubble, eventually people start saying, 'Wait a minute... these prices are way too high! What is anyone buying anymore? What… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
People aren't as impressed by homes anymore after they saw how they collapsed in price with the financial crisis. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Hesitation is often like procrastination. One may have vague doubts and feel a need to mull things over; meanwhile, other issues intrude… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
This is the paradox of thrift: belt-tightening causes people to lose their jobs, because other people are not buying what they produce,… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, people don't have to move to another country to get a higher wage. Ultimately, they need only be… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
This is an anxiety driven world - the whole world is driven by anxiety. It is anxiety about the aftermath of the global financial… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
The future is always coming up with surprises for us, and the best way to insulate yourself from these surprises is to diversify. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Can a controlled experiment explain why people like Kewpie dolls in one year, Beanie Babies in another, and American Girl dolls this year? Yet… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
News media stimulate bubbles, since stories about them boost their audience. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Diversify, because that helps reduce risk. And you can diversify outside the United States. Some people would never invest in Europe - I think… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
I want to know diverse facts about such things as galaxies or molecules or proteins or insect species. I have an impulse to want… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
When I see the Trump supporters on television explaining themselves, I don't get a feeling of supreme confidence. They've created a revolution, and now… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
I didn't vote for Trump. So we've got him. Let's hope for the best. He might do something good. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Stock prices are likely to be among the prices that are relatively vulnerable to purely social movements because there is no accepted theory by… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Yes, horoscopes still persist in popular newspapers, but they are there only for the severely scientifically challenged, or for entertainment; the idea that the… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really can't. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
As far as I can find, almost no one in the profession - not even luminaries like John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, or Irving… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
