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Mullainathan, Sendhil

Scarcity : the new science of having less and how it defines our lives / Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir - New York : Holt, 2013. - 304 p. ; 23 cm.

Introduction 1
Part One: The Scarcity Mindset
1. Focusing and Tunneling 19
2. The Bandwidth Tax 39
Part Two: Scarcity Creates Scarcity
3. Packing and Slack 69
4. Expertise 87
5. Borrowing and Myopia 105
6. The Scarcity Trap 123
7. Poverty 147
Part Three: Designing for Scarcity
8. Improving the Lives of the Poor 167
9. Managing Scarcity in Organizations 183
10. Scarcity in Everyday Life 205
Conclusion 227
Notes 235
Acknowledgments 277
Index

ISBN: 9781250056115

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Decision making
Scarcity

Dewey Class. No.: 338.521 MUL