A review by bootman
Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events by Robert J. Shiller

5.0

I tried reading this book a while back before I started investing because I enjoy learning about the psychology of groupthink. Unfortunately, I couldn't grasp the book back then because you need a basic understanding of markets. About a year later, now that I started investing and have been learning about the markets, I had to give this book a try, and I really enjoyed it. Robert Shiller is a voice of reason in an insane world of stock traders and investors. Shiller takes a deep dive into how stories can affect how stocks go up and down, and he even goes into a lot of history to give examples for various narratives. I think my favorite chapter of the book was towards the end where he explains that no matter how much we learn about narrative economics, even experts can't predict the markets because they're so irrational. 
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