Introduction Irrational Exuberance is a book about speculative bubble. I chose this book as it is a recommended book on an investment blog. This book is intended to provide a better understanding of the forces that shape the long-run outlook for the market. I am looking to find some investment advice in this book. This book is the third edition. Author Robert J. Shiller is an American economist who jointly received a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2013. He is currently serving as Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management’s International Center for Finance. He is also the co‑founder and chief economist of the investment management firm MacroMarkets LLC. Contents Irrational Exuberance has 3 prefaces, 13 chapters and an appendix. The first 3 chapters serve as the introduction and the remaining chapters are divided into 5 parts. The chapters in the introduction are The Stock Market in Historical Perspective, The Bond Market in Historical Perspective, and The Real Estate Market in Historical Perspective. Part One is Structural Factors and contains 2 chapters. These are Precipitating Factors: The Internet, the Capitalist Explosion, and Other Events, and Amplification Mechanisms: Naturally…