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<title><![CDATA[Robert Shiller - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15456.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Robert Shiller]]></description><category domain="15456">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Two Pandemics: One Medical, One Financial]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-covid19-pandemic-affects-financial-market-narratives-by-robert-j-shiller-2020-03</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Coronavirus fears are feeding financial and economic anxiety and vice versa. Breaking the cycle will not be easy, but it is possible]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[25 Ideas That Will Shape 2020s: The Future Is Now]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fortune asked 25 of the sharpest minds to weigh in on the epic, disruptive, thrilling, terrifying, and fascinating ideas that will mold the next decade. The future is now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Narrative Won't Survive an Economic Downturn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-narrative-vulnerable-to-recession-by-robert-j-shiller-2019-08</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So far, with his flashy lifestyle, the US president has been a resounding inspiration to many consumers and investors. But his personal narrative is unlikely to survive an economic downturn, because people pull back during such periods and reassess their views and the stories they find...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Making America Great Again Isn't Just About Money and Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/upshot/make-america-great-again-isnt-just-about-money-and-power.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Make America Great Again,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the slogan of President-elect Donald J. Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s successful election campaign, has been etched in the national consciousness. But it is hard to know what to make of those vague words. We don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have a clear definition of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'great,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rising Anxiety That Stocks Are Overpriced]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/upshot/rising-anxiety-that-stocks-are-overpriced.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Owning a Home Isn't Always a Virtue]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/business/owning-a-home-isnt-always-a-virtue.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ENCOURAGING homeownership has been considered a national goal at least since '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Own Your Own Home Day'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was introduced in 1920 by various business and civic groups as part of a National Thrift Week. The newly popular word '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'homeownership'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' represented a goal and a virtue...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New Housing Boom? Don't Count on It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/business/housing-markets-future-still-has-many-clouds.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WE'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'RE beginning to hear noises that we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve reached a major turning point in the housing market '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and that, with interest rates so low, this is a rare opportunity to buy. But are such observations on target?It would be comforting if they were. Yet the unfortunate truth is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Businessmen Really Make Good Presidents?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/business/businessmen-as-us-presidents-a-historical-circle.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign has been showing that these factors may not be insurmountable. To the contrary, many Americans are showing deep affection for stories of business success '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' like Mr. Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s at Bain Capital '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and many are shrugging off the inequality issue. In...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How National Belt-Tightening Goes Awry]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/business/economy/how-national-belt-tightening-goes-awry-economic-view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WHY is there such strong political support for fiscal austerity, for government cuts and layoffs, at a time of widespread unemployment?Maybe it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s because we have the wrong metaphor stuck in our minds, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s framing policy choices in a misleading way.Clearly, metaphors and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How We Came to Value Spending Over Saving]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/business/consumer-spending-as-an-american-virtue.html?_r=1&amp;ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[GRIDLOCK in Congress implies that there won'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t be any collective decision to spend more as a nation to get out of our slump. Increases in deficit spending seem unlikely, and so does the balanced-budget stimulus I'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'ve been advocating in this column. For now, we must pin our hopes for a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fire Bell of Unemployment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/business/long-term-unemployment-carries-risks-for-us.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[THE failure of the Congressional supercommittee to come up with any agreement on the budget deficit makes it even less likely that Congress will rise above its partisan divisions and act on behalf of the millions of out-of-work Americans.Yet without government intervention, we may well...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Needed: A Clearer Crystal Ball]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/business/economy/01view.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[THERE were relatively few persuasive warnings during the 1920s that the Great Depression was on its way, and few argued convincingly during the last decade that the most recent economic crisis was near. So it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s easy to conclude that because we didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t see these events coming,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Should Create Jobs Directly]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/business/01view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ACROSS the United States, thousands of federally financed stimulus projects are under way, aimed at bolstering the economy and putting people to work. The results so far have not been spectacular.Why not? There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nothing wrong with the idea of fiscal stimulus itself. We need more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mom, Apple Pie and Mortgages]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/business/07view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
							<description><![CDATA[FOR decades, the federal government has subsidized housing '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' particularly owner-occupied housing. This has been especially true during the continuing financial crisis, with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration propping up the housing market by issuing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America is in Need of a Pep Talk]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8715ed38-1bff-11df-a5e1-00144feab49a.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bigger Stimulus is Needed to Restore Confidence]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123302080925418107.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Evolution of Capitalism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092602838.html?hpid=opinionsbox1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Scars of Losing a Home]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/business/18view.html?ex=1368763200&amp;en=2bda4fe17042fcbd&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fed Gets a New Job Description]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/business/06view.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Shiller</author>
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