Willful : how we choose what we do / Richard Robb.
Willful : how we choose what we do / Richard Robb.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
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G 2020/0069
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English
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viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part I. Life is a Mixed Drink: Venturing beyond Purposeful Choice – Two Realms of Human Behavior – Part II. Belief: Acting in Character – Making Money in Financial Markets: Anatomy of a Leap – For-Itself Decision Making Within a Group – Part III. People: Altruism...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2019]
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A revelatory alternative to the standard economic models of human behavior that proposes an exciting new way to understand decision-making. Why do we do the things we do? The classical view of economics is that we are rational individuals, making decisions with the intention of maximizing our preferences. Behaviorists, on the other hand, see us as...
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Willful : how we choose what we do / Richard Robb.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.
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©2019
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G 2020/0069
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74VKaw3kbxod
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaw3kbxod
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ISBN
0300246439
9780300246438 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
DDC
153.83
MMS ID
991024283317402626
