Scarcity
Subtitle: why having too little means so much
By: Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir
Contributors: Shafir, Eldar
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Picador/Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780805092646
Subjects: Supply and demand; Scarcity; Decision making
Description: An examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our lives, our society, and our culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The scarcity mindset. Focusing and tunneling ; The bandwidth tax; title: Scarcity creates scarcity. Packing and slack ; Expertise ; Borrowing and myopia ; The scarcity trap ; Poverty; title: Designing for scarcity. Improving the lives of the poor ; Managing scarcity in organizations ; Scarcity in everyday life; title: Conclusion.