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

Aug 29, 2013 - Many types of scarcity are temporary and often discretionary, said Shafir, who is co-author with Mullainathan of the book, "Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much," to be published in September. Mar 7, 2014 - (Page 137, Mullainathan and Shafir 2013). Sep 29, 2013 - Carol Goar highlighted the findings in the book Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, in which the authors perform studies on the mental impact of lacking resources. The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office, Tim Sullivan and Ray Fisman, Twelve. Apr 16, 2014 - I had the recent pleasure of reading Scarcity: Why have too little means So Much—what a fascinating book! 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). I never realized what having a scarcity mentality really means. 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. Dec 12, 2013 - You have something in common with people who fall behind on their bills, argue Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan and Princeton psychologist Eldar Shafir in their book Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much. Sep 8, 2013 - Adapted from Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means so Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir, published September 3rd by Times Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. I'd recommend reading Scarcity if you can free up the time.