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From the Money Matters Desk: Irrational Exuberance and the Irrational Housing Market

Yale economist Robert Shiller has impeccable timing. "Irrational Exuberance," his book about the stock market, landed on bookstore shelves the same month the tech bubble burst. He's back with a revised edition of the book - and warnings about the real estate market.

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