Dollars and sense
Subtitle: how we misthink money and how to spend smarter
By: Dan Ariely and Jeff Kriesler
Contributors: Kriesler, Jeff, author
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print lifestyles; Thorndike Press large print lifestyles
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9781432850180
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Personal Finance; Attitudes; Consumers; Psychological aspects; Large type books; Decision making
Description: Shares anecdotal insight into the illogical influences behind poor financial decisions and how to outmaneuver them, covering topics ranging from credit-card debt and household budgeting to holiday spending and real estate sales. --Publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-453) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is money?. Don't bet on it ; Opportunity knocks ; A value proposition; title: How we assess value in ways that have little to do with value. We forget that everything is relative ; We compartmentalize ; We avoid pain ; We trust ourselves ; We overvalue what we have ; We worry about fairness and effort ; We believe in the magic of language and rituals ; We overvalue expectations ; We lose control ; We overemphasize money; title: Now what? Building on the shoulders of flawed thinking. Put your money where your mind is ; Free advice ; Control yourself ; It's us against them ; Stop and think.