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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 Emily W

Sep 12, 2023

Absolutely fascinating and delightful. Very engaging lessons, excellent resources, and highly effected quizzes and tests.

By Fernando F

Feb 22, 2025

Shiller is an absolutely wonderful professor, enjoy this thrilling ride through the world of psychology and finance!

By Nakul S

Jan 16, 2024

This was an interesting course to learn the basics of what factors influence the narratives shaping our world.

By Victor B

Jan 14, 2025

i love Professor J .Shriller , his way to explain things makes it esier to understand every narative examples

By sia b

Jul 10, 2023

Completely delightful, informative and inspiring! I'd pay to see a lecture of his in-person, when possible.

By Manuel J P M

May 8, 2023

Interesting point of view of the influence of some ideas, social movements and tendency in the economy

By Kaushik P

Jun 24, 2023

Excellent course. Articulates efficiently the big picture scenarios that influence everyday economics.

By William B

Jan 7, 2025

Great course, essential for understanding the importance of popular sentiment as regards the economy.

By Eileen D

Jun 22, 2024

Robert Shiller is one of the leading economists in the United States. I really enjoyed this course.

By Greg L

Jun 2, 2023

Another really neat informative class on Finance from Robert Shiller! glad I took the time to do it

By Adenike A

Dec 14, 2024

Prof Shiller did a great job, he expanded my mind and made me consult other sources to learn more.

By Marc j C

May 14, 2023

Great course. Very related to the stock market, explains a lot a reasons why stocks soar and fall.

By Chinazam I

Aug 30, 2024

This was a very informative course which has ended being useful to me and I work as a journalist.

By Michael R

Jul 2, 2023

Exceptional course. While a simple theory, it provided far more in-depth content than I imagined.

By Dicky A

Mar 18, 2025

as a beginner in coursera, this course fits my expectations in learning economics qualitatively.

By Johnny S

Apr 21, 2023

I am fan of mr. Shiller's courses. You can learn tremendous things in his courses. Thanks a lot.

By Habeeb A F

Oct 5, 2023

It was enlightening to learn how "Narrative Economics" have been driving Consumer Behaviour !

By Adam L

Aug 12, 2023

I loved it so much! It is not talked about enough, this should be its own narrative epidemic.

By Nada A

Nov 8, 2023

I learnt a lot in this class and it pertains to what's going on in the world now. Thank you

By Patrick W

Dec 11, 2024

This course was extremely informative and really got me thinking about almost everything.

By Rob W

Apr 12, 2023

An interesting, short, introductory course to Narrative Economics that includes mermaids.

By Beat S

May 30, 2023

With his unique style, Robert Shiller is connecting the dots of a key economic topic.

By Nirad T

Jun 24, 2025

This course covered a lot more than I expected. It was a great learning experience!

By Tabita D G R

Aug 10, 2024

ilmu yang sangat bermanfaat memberikan pengetahuan dan memberikan wawasan yang luas

By Robert G

Sep 12, 2023

Very interesting and well explained with many research tips and historical examples