How we misunderstand economics and why it matters : the psychology of bias, distortion and conspiracy / David Leiser and Yhonatan Shemesh.

By:

Leiser, David [author.]

Contributor(s):

Shemesh, Yhonatan [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 165 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781315675343

Subject(s):

Economics -- Psychological aspects

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

330.019 L532

LOC classification:

HB74.P8 L439 2018

Online resources:

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Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction -- Folk-economic beliefs / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 2 Why is economics so hard? / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 3 Cognitive hurdles / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 4 Unemployment and inflation / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 5 The “good begets good” heuristic -- The relations between macroeconomic variables / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 6 What is the economy like? -- How metaphors shape our understanding of economics / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 7 Ideology -- Lay understanding of capitalism / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 8 Money and wealth / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 9 Financial and economic literacy / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh -- chapter 10 Public policy consequences / David Leiser Yhonatan Shemesh.

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How we misunderstand economics and why it matters : the psychology of bias, distortion and conspiracy / David Leiser and Yhonatan Shemesh.