Scarcity : why having too little means so much
Sendhil Mullainathan (Author), Eldar Shafir (Author)
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 behind all these problems
Print Book, English, 2013
Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, London, England, 2013
288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781846143458, 9780141961194, 9780141049199, 1846143454, 0141961198, 0141049197
851827241
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE SCARCITY MINDSET
1. Focusing and Tunneling
2. The Bandwidth Tax
pt. TWO SCARCITY CREATES SCARCITY
3. Packing and Slack
4. Expertise
5. Borrowing and Myopia
6. The Scarcity Trap
7. Poverty
pt. THREE DESIGNING FOR SCARCITY
8. Improving the Lives of the Poor
9. Managing Scarcity in Organizations
10. Scarcity in Everyday Life
Includes index