Contagion spread to Italy.

Globalization has also fueled contagion.

The contagion effect seems clear.

A Contagion of Bad Ideas

But volatility has risen, as has cross market contagion.

And, in fact, emotional contagion can be broader still.

Thus, the contagion went well beyond the torturers limited circle.

Talk of haircuts for private investors immediately triggers concerns about contagion.

And Spain is doing all it can to avoid the contagion.

That, in turn, would sharply contain the risk of financial contagion.

Will there be contagion to vulnerable countries in Europe and elsewhere?

Before the ECB s decision, contagion from Greece was a genuine threat.

There is bound to be some contagion from one function to another.

Other economies will also be pulled down as the US contagion spreads.

And in humans, of course, we can study that with yawn contagion.

They believe that the fallout can be contained without panic or contagion.

The absence of financial contagion would not rule out serious political repercussions.

The risk of contagion of the debt crisis is undermining European indices.

There has been much concern about financial contagion between Europe and America.

But contagion rates depend on patterns of thinking, which are difficult to judge.

It is certainly the case that contagion will rage after any Greek restructuring.

ROME The euro contagion triggered by Greece s sovereign debt crisis has now infected Italy.

In my view, bubbles are social epidemics, fostered by a sort of interpersonal contagion.

But today, Africa s pay as you go practices are a powerful defense against financial contagion.

A bubble forms when the contagion rate goes up for ideas that support a bubble.

Anger at these profits and bonuses only tends to increase the contagion of the story.

Also, we know that people who have a lot of yawn contagion are highly empathic.

People who have problems with empathy, such as autistic children, they don't have yawn contagion.

And a banking union, once completed, should contain the risk of financial crisis and contagion.

Back in 2010, creditor countries were concerned about contagion to the rest of the eurozone.

So, while global markets arguably have been rationally complacent, financial contagion cannot be ruled out.

We don t know yet whether political contagion in the Middle East will spread to other countries.

But public fear of bubbles may also enhance psychological contagion, fueling even more self fulfilling prophecies.

NEW HAVEN A speculative bubble is a social epidemic whose contagion is mediated by price movements.

It took a long time, but the contagion of a sound financial idea has been unmistakable.

Indeed, while less ominous and dramatic than financial contagion, trade spillovers profoundly influence global growth prospects.

This allowed managers to pursue more long term goals and proved effective in blocking contagion effects.

The deficiency of IFRS is that it does not mitigate systemic contagion resulting from asset price movements.

Such narratives, especially those fueled by accessible human interest stories, are the thought viruses whose contagion drives the economy. The contagion rate of stories depends on their relation to feedback, but plausible stories have to be there in the first place.

This systemic risk a financial shock leading to severe economic contagion was supposed to be reduced by securitization.

But the more generalized contagion to global financial markets that geopolitical tensions typically engender has failed to materialize.

Those who claim that contagion from a Greek exit would drag others into the crisis are also in denial.

The problem is not another financial meltdown in an emerging market, with the predictable contagion that engulfs neighboring countries.

Or the US Federal Reserve could spark financial contagion by exiting zero rates sooner and faster than markets expect.

Such narratives, especially those fueled by accessible human interest stories, are the thought viruses whose contagion drives the economy.