Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really can't.

- Robert J. Shiller

Stock prices are likely to be among the prices that are relatively vulnerable to purely social movements because there is no accepted theory by which…

- Robert J. Shiller

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

- Robert J. Shiller

The good news is that, at least in economics, I've seen movement away from its overemphasis on mathematical models of purely rational behavior to a m…

- Robert J. Shiller

Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity.

- Robert J. Shiller

Economics is (now) about emotion and psychology.

- Robert J. Shiller

Consider our difficulties avoiding junk food and overspending. Such addictions were carefully planned-for by professional marketing teams.

- Robert J. Shiller

Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality.

- Robert J. Shiller

In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.

- Robert J. Shiller