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Scarcity : the true cost of not having enough / Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mullainathan, Sendhil, author.
- Shafir, Eldar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scarcity.
- Supply and demand.
- Decision making.
- decision making.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London Penguin Books, 2014.
- Summary:
- Why can we never seem to keep on top of our workload, social diary or chores? Why does poverty persist around the world? Why do successful people do things at the last minute in a sudden rush of energy? This book reveals that the hidden side behind all these problems is that they're all about scarcity.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The scarcity mindset : Focusing and tunneling The bandwidth tax
- Scarcity creates scarcity : Packing and slack Expertise Borowing and myopia The scarcity trap Poverty
- Designing for scarcity : Improving the loves of the poor Managing scarcity in organizations Scarcity in everyday life
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Allen Lane, 2013.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 235-275.
- ISBN:
- 9780141049199
- 0141049197
- OCLC:
- 894833317
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