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Scarcity Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Hardcover • 2013 • English

Scarcity Why Having Too Little Means So Much

By Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir

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About the book

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? Here, economist Sendhil Mullainathan and psychologist Eldar Shafir reveal that the hidden side of all these problems is that they're all about scarcity. We've all struggled with packing a suitcase with too many items and not enough time to do it. In Scarcity, two intellectual adventurers show us ...Show more

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ISBN

9781846143458

Publisher

Allen Lane

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Scarcity Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Format

Hardcover

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