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Journal of Economic Perspectives

ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)

Retrospectives: Animal Spirits

  • Roger Koppl
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 5, no. 3, Summer 1991
(pp. 203–210)
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Abstract

John Maynard Keynes argued that when the conditions for rational action are not present, people are driven by "animal spirits." This article briefly considers Keynes' argument, and the history of the term.

Citation

Koppl, Roger. 1991. "Retrospectives: Animal Spirits." Journal of Economic Perspectives 5 (3): 203–210. DOI: 10.1257/jep.5.3.203

JEL Classification

  • B29 History of Thought since 1925: Other