Alan Greenspan

“irrational exuberance was coined in 1996 by former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan to refer to a situation in which investors’ irrationality results in asset-price overvaluation.

Allen Greenspan who was then chairman of the Federal Reserve

Just over two decades ago Allen Greenspan who was then chairman of the Federal Reserve coined the term irrational exuberance, however, greed might have been just appropriate.

Robert Shiller

Robert Shiller also introduced into intellectual circulation the phrase “irrational exuberance,” which was picked up famously by Alan Greenspan in 1996.

Alan Greenspanused

And then a few days later, Alan Greenspanused the words "irrational exuberance," which became the title of a book of yours.

Greenspan

As you may remember, Greenspan coined the term irrational exuberance in 1996 to describe financial markets, then turbocharged stocks by cutting rates, causing the dot.com bubble and responded to the stock market crash by cutting rates and causing the biggest real estate bubble in history, until now.

Shiller

Shiller is the inventor of the term 'irrational exuberance' expropriated by Alan Greenspan.

George Carlinthe

( Was George Carlinthe first who said 'Irrational exuberance?

George Carlin

( Was George Carlin the first who said 'Irrational exuberance?

Robert Schiller , a fellow at the Yale School of Management

During the housing boom in the mid-2000s, there was what Robert Schiller, a fellow at the Yale School of Management’s International Center for Finance, called “irrational exuberance.”

This mechanism Robert J. Shiller, who later wrote a book with that title

This mechanism has been termed “irrational exuberance,” a phrase often attributed to former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan (no relation), but actually coined by another economist, Robert J. Shiller, who later wrote a book with that title.

Claud Cockburn

Claud Cockburn, writing for the 'Times of London' from New-York, described the irrational exuberance that gripped the nation just prior to the Great Depression.

Mr. Bernanke

Mr. Bernanke coined the phrase 'irrational exuberance,' which was made famous by Alan Greenspan in the mid-1990s.

Schiller's phrase

('Irrational Exuberance' was Schiller's phrase.)

a rather discombobulated gentleman

Back when the market experienced its first liquidity induced bubble, a rather discombobulated gentleman coined the term “irrational exuberance” to describe what was happening in the market (little did he know that that was just the appetizer to a far bigger bubble 7 years later).

An old central banker from an earlier era

An old central banker from an earlier era coined the phrase “irrational exuberance”.

Ben Vance's from Buffalo Vision, and Ben Vance

Ben Vance's from Buffalo Vision, and Ben Vance created Irrational Exuberance.

Justin Fox

Justin Fox: So Justin Fox wrote Irrational Exuberance in 2000, and then Justin Fox went back to paying attention to real estate.

actress Jill St. John

actress Jill St. John then coined the phrase, “irrational exuberance.”

Yale Economist Robert Schiller

Although Yale Economist Robert Schiller didn’t utter the words “irrational exuberance,” they did summarize Yale Economist Robert Schiller's message to the then Fed chair on the day before the latter coined the phrase.

Bloomberg , FactSet, S&P, Stock Market Data

Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P, Stock Market Data Used in “Irrational Exuberance” by Robert J. Shiller.