The map and the territory : risk, human nature, and the future of forecasting

The map and the territory : risk, human nature, and the future of forecasting / Alan Greenspan.

Explains how the financial crisis has challenged fundamental assumptions about leading economic models, drawing on twenty-first-century technologies and the expertise of behavioral economists to outline new forecasting practices.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenspan, Alan, 1926-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Economic forecasting > United States.
Financial crises > United States.
Economic forecasting.
Risk.
United States > Economic policy.
Table of Contents:
  • Animal spirits
  • The crisis begins, intensifies, and abates
  • The roots of crisis
  • Stock prices and equity stimulus
  • Finance and regulation
  • Schooner intelligence and then some
  • Uncertainty undermines investment
  • Productivity : the ultimate measure of economic success
  • Productivity and the age of entitlements
  • Culture
  • The onset of globalization, income inequality, and the rise of the gini and the crony
  • Money and inflation
  • Buffers
  • The bottom line.

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