The map and the territory : risk, human nature, and the future of forecasting
Title:
The map and the territory : risk, human nature, and the future of forecasting
Author:
Greenspan, Alan, 1926-
ISBN:
9781594204814
Publication Information:
New York : The Penguin Press, 2013
Physical Description:
388 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
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.
Subject:
| Economic forecasting -- United States |
| Financial crises -- United States |
| United States -- Economic policy |
| Economic forecasting |
| Risk |
Summary:
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.