Animal Spirits: How HumanPsychology Drives theEconomy, and Why It Matters for Global CapitalismBy George A. Akerlof andRobert J. ShillerPrinceton University Press, 264 pages, $24.95

Get Reagan off our backs!—translated into layman’s terms, that’s how distinguished economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller begin Animal Spirits, their inquiry into the role of human psychology in the economy. The Read More