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About the Course

Dear Potential Learner, Please take some time to read through this note before deciding to enroll. This course, Narrative Economics, is
relatively short and proposes a simple concept: we need to incorporate the contagion of narratives into our economic theory. You can think of
narratives as stories that shape public beliefs, which in turn influence our decision making. Understanding how people arrived at certain
decisions in the past can aid our understanding of the economy today and improve our forecasts of the future. Popular thinking heavily
influences our answers to questions such as how much to invest, how much to spend or save, whether to go to college or tak...
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Top reviews

AV

Jun 6, 2023

A very insightful and approachable course about the effects of human biases over the economic landscape and how social trends tend to leave a permanent mark on history and exact sciences like finance.

LA

Mar 10, 2024

I really enjoyed this course, it opened my eyes so much and I might keep going even though I only took this course out of fun, I was very interested in this topic. lucky me it Was interesting! Thanks

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By César F

Mar 10, 2024

Nos invita a realizar un razonamiento critico sobre ideas que surgen en la historia las cuales si se les da tiempo y espacio, pueden llegar a impactar sobre la economía y en otros campos de la vida y la educación.

By Simarpreet K P

Jul 24, 2023

Very useful course. Provides many inter-disciplinary links and explanations for historical events and gives attention to the power and tendency of narratives and how they bleed into society's decision-making.

By Surendra K

Sep 24, 2023

It is a new domain and efforts are laudable. Prof Shiller himself mentions in one of his videos that sometime in future taxonomy of narrative economics may be in place, with the efforts of people like him.

By Sudipayan B

Jun 23, 2023

It was a so engaging and interesting course. I am very happy and satisfied not that now I have a new insight to things happening around me and influencing my behavior. Looking foreword to similar course.

By Taha V T

Jul 28, 2024

This course was absolutely worth the time and effort. Professor Shiller beautifully explains some new concepts and ideas about Narrative Economics. He does an amazing job at keeping the course exciting.

By Alex V

Jun 7, 2023

A very insightful and approachable course about the effects of human biases over the economic landscape and how social trends tend to leave a permanent mark on history and exact sciences like finance.

By Lujain A

Mar 11, 2024

I really enjoyed this course, it opened my eyes so much and I might keep going even though I only took this course out of fun, I was very interested in this topic. lucky me it Was interesting! Thanks

By Kevin E B S

Apr 25, 2023

Muy detallado y preciso, este curso es recomendable si te interesan los efectos económicos vistos desde la perspectiva, causas y consecuencias de una narrativa implícita en ese preciso tiempo.

By Taiana F D C

Feb 22, 2025

Foi maravilhoso poder participar desse curso espetacular me fez ver o quanto podemos aprender sobre as pesquisas narrativas, obrigado professor por fazer e desenvolver esse curso.

By Jose A

Apr 18, 2023

Great intro to using Google Ngrams, excellent historical context for presenting the argument of narrative causality effects on trends, popular opinion and societal shifts.

By JAVIER F V

Aug 25, 2023

I really liked the subject and the format of the classes and above all the teacher, I found him to be very professional and at the same time very approachable.

By Sina Z

Jul 31, 2023

Great professor and great content. The topics inspired me to start thinking differently about economic and personal narratives. I highly recommend this course.

By Paola L

Jul 25, 2023

Very interesting and inspiring course with an outstanding Professor.

Prof. Shiller made me passionate about finance and economics (and it was not so

Thank you.

By Rejeena s t

Aug 16, 2023

Thank you so much yale university. I AM VERY THANKFUL TO YOUR GREAT EFFORTS ON YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN MY STUDIES . Which lead my career to start a journey.

By RAMIRO R

Jul 11, 2025

Es un curso innovador, no conocía este termino aplicado a la economia; el profesor Shiller es una persona muy inteligente y humilde en su forma de ser.

By Sujatha R

Jul 5, 2023

Thanks Prof Robert Shiller for putting together this wonderful course and offering it for free. I really enjoyed learning about Narrative Economics.

By Leow W

Dec 18, 2024

Prof Robert is an engaging instructor to help learners grasp the concepts and applications by scaffolding the topics easy to understand and apply.

By Eric O

Jul 10, 2024

I really enjoyed the course and content. It was well produced and I feel like I gained some good perspective on several economic principles.

By Richard S

Feb 1, 2024

Prof. Shiller presented an interesting way to look at economic issues. This is a much more approachable way of viewing economic problems.

By M. W S

Aug 7, 2023

Prof. Robert Shiller is something more than an economist. It's my dream to attend some of his live classes. He's extremely elegant person.

By 李诗波

Apr 14, 2025

I am very pleased to study narrative economics with Professor Shearer! Thank you for the training and assistance provided by the teacher!

By Stella L

Jul 4, 2023

It is great to see world-renowned economist adopting an MDT approach in understanding economic phenomena and do economic forecasting.

By Niloufar A

May 20, 2024

professor shiller is truly one of the Bests! I really enjoy learning from him as he has an unique and lovely way to explain things.

By Tejhaswinni .

May 5, 2025

Prof. Robert Shiller's course was very engaging and interesting..thanks to him I could complete this informative memorable course.