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by Alan Kirman (Author)
The economic crisis is also a crisis for economic theory. Most analyses of the evolution of the crisis invoke three themes, contagion, networks and trust, yet none of these play a major role in standard macroeconomic models. In this book Kirman argues for a theory in which these aspects are central.
Author Biography
Alan Kirman is Professor Emeritus at l'Université d'Aix-Marseille lll and l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France.