Incentivology : the forces that explain tremendous success and spectacular failure / Jason M. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Jason, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success.

Motivation (Psychology)--Popular works.

Motivation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Richmond, VIC ; London : Hardie Grant Books, 2019.

Summary:

Unlock the power of incentives to better understand the world, make it work for you, and remake it for the better.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Table of Contents

Prologue

Introduction

Part 1: Incentives in Theory

Chapter 1: The Power of Incentives

Chapter 2: A Perverse Inclination

Chapter 3: Unintentional

Chapter 4: Missing Incentives

Chapter 5: Your Brain on Incentives

Interlude: A Mannish Jape

Part 2: Incentives in Action

Chapter 6: Less Than a Loaf of Bread

Chapter 7: Crazy Bargains (and Crazy Luxury)

Chapter 8: Only the Fittest Survive

Interlude: Dog

Chapter 9: Self-perpetuating Incentives

Chapter 10: Corruption and Rot

Chapter 11: Justice

Chapter 12: Injustice, Armour and Fire

Interlude: The Hunger Games

Chapter 13: Climate Change

Chapter 14: Ostrom

Conclusion: That Ball is Still in the Air

Acknowledgements

Endnotes

Copyright Page.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-74358-614-0

OCLC:

1103284641