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Scarcity : why having too little means so much / Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805092641 (hbk.)
  • 9780805092646 (hbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- The scarcity mindset. Focusing and tunneling ; The bandwidth tax -- Scarcity creates scarcity. Packing and slack ; Expertise ; Borrowing and myopia ; The scarcity trap ; Poverty -- Designing for scarcity. Improving the lives of the poor ; Managing scarcity in organizations ; Scarcity in everyday life -- Conclusion.
Summary: An examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our lives, our society, and our culture.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 338.521 M958 Available 33111007456037
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The scarcity mindset. Focusing and tunneling ; The bandwidth tax -- Scarcity creates scarcity. Packing and slack ; Expertise ; Borrowing and myopia ; The scarcity trap ; Poverty -- Designing for scarcity. Improving the lives of the poor ; Managing scarcity in organizations ; Scarcity in everyday life -- Conclusion.

An examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our lives, our society, and our culture.

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