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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir
Publisher: Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.

Aug 29, 2013 - That is the new book by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir, and as you might expect it is one of the most significant economics books of the year. Apr 1, 2014 - The authors of the book Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much calls this energy the “focus dividend” of scarcity. Dec 19, 2013 - The effects of scarcity in general and of poverty in particular are described in a new book, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir (summarized here and here). A fascinating book about how scarcity (especially in money or time) changes you. Sep 12, 2013 - Scarcity absorbs the mind. The result is that we make the wrong choices” Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir. Dec 23, 2013 - Kids at my school have a horrible time with impulse control, poverty and time management so I was hooked when the authors started to look at how scarcity affects these behaviors. Sep 15, 2013 - Thanks to Cass Sunstein for reviewing Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much in the latest New York Review of Books. Oct 7, 2013 - Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Nov 13, 2013 - One of those issues is scarcity - having less than you feel you need. Scarcity means we have too little of something, time or money for instance. Oct 3, 2013 - A recently released book named 'Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much'', written jointly by an economist and a psychologist, has given an interesting twist to behavioural economics. We become more impulsive and stop thinking about the long term.