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Minding the Markets : An Emotional Finance View of Financial Instability /

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Tuckett argues that most economists' explanations of the financial crisis miss its essence; they ignore critical components of human psychology. He offers a deeper understanding of financial market behaviour and investment processes by recognizing the role played by unconscious needs and fears...

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Main Author: Tuckett, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Finance.
Business Finance.
Émotion.
Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology.
Investments and Securities.
Psychoanalysis.
Risk Management.
Business enterprises > Finance.
Emotions.
Investment banking.
Psychology, Industrial.
Risk management.
Securities.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Tuckett argues that most economists' explanations of the financial crisis miss its essence; they ignore critical components of human psychology. He offers a deeper understanding of financial market behaviour and investment processes by recognizing the role played by unconscious needs and fears in all investment activity.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVIII, 232 pages)
ISBN:9780230307827
DOI:10.1057/9780230307827