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Beschreibung

"Extraordinarily illuminating...Mullainathan and Shafir have made an important, novel, and immensely creative contribution." -The New York Review of Books

In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.


Busy people fail to manage their time efficiently for the same reasons the poor and those maxed out on credit cards fail to manage their money. The dynamics of scarcity reveal why dieters find it hard to resist temptation, why students and busy executives mismanage their time, and why the same sugarcane farmers are smarter after harvest than before.

Once we start thinking in terms of scarcity, the problems of modern life come into sharper focus, and Scarcity reveals not only how it leads us astray but also how individuals and organizations can better manage scarcity for greater satisfaction and success.

"Extraordinarily illuminating...Mullainathan and Shafir have made an important, novel, and immensely creative contribution." -The New York Review of Books

In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.


Busy people fail to manage their time efficiently for the same reasons the poor and those maxed out on credit cards fail to manage their money. The dynamics of scarcity reveal why dieters find it hard to resist temptation, why students and busy executives mismanage their time, and why the same sugarcane farmers are smarter after harvest than before.

Once we start thinking in terms of scarcity, the problems of modern life come into sharper focus, and Scarcity reveals not only how it leads us astray but also how individuals and organizations can better manage scarcity for greater satisfaction and success.

Über den Autor

Sendhil Mullainathan, a professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" and conducts research on development economics, behavioral economics, and corporate finance. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Eldar Shafir is the William Stewart Tod Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He conducts research in cognitive science, judgment and decision-making, and behavioral economics. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

Part One: The Scarcity Mindset
1. Focusing and Tunneling 19
2. The Bandwidth Tax 39

Part Two: Scarcity Creates Scarcity
3. Packing and Slack 69
4. Expertise 87
5. Borrowing and Myopia 105
6. The Scarcity Trap 123
7. Poverty 147

Part Three: Designing for Scarcity
8. Improving the Lives of the Poor 167
9. Managing Scarcity in Organizations 183
10. Scarcity in Everyday Life 205

Conclusion 227

Notes 235
Acknowledgments 277
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781250056115
ISBN-10: 125005611X
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 900069302
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mullainathan, Sendhil
Shafir, Eldar
Hersteller: Macmillan USA
Picador
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: Includes 10 illustrations throughout
Maße: 134 x 208 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Sendhil Mullainathan (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2014
Gewicht: 0,236 kg
Artikel-ID: 105408191

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