When The Herd Turns

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“In economics, [the mainstream] rely on experts who don’t know what they are talking about,” explains Professor Steve Keen in this brief but compelling documentary discussing ‘when the herd turns’. “Herd behavior is a fundamental aspect of capitalism,” Keen chides, but it is left our of conventional economic theory “because they don’t believe it;” instead having faith that investors are all “rational individuals” (e.g. willing to pay 112x for OpenTable), which he notes, means “[economists] can’t foresee any crisis in the future.” The reality is – “we do have herd behavior” and people will follow the herd off a cliff unless they are aware its going to happen. “Contrary to herd wisdom, financial crisis are not unpredictable black swans…“

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