Why smart people make big money mistakes--and how to correct them
Subtitle: lessons from the new science of behavioral economics
By: Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich
Contributors: Gilovich, Thomas
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Personal Finance; Attitudes; Consumers; Psychological aspects; Economics; Investments; Decision making
Description: "Gary Belsky and Thomas Gilovich reveal why people spend, invest, save, borrow, and, most important, waste money. They provide fascinating insights into all manner of occurrencestipping, gambling, plane crashes, lotteries, and game shows, to name just a few - to explain behavioral economics in a way that is as entertaining as it is informative.

Best of all, they offer dozens of useful tips that will help us overcome the blind spots that cloud our financial judgment and will allow us to enjoy greater financial freedom."--BOOK JACKET.