Dollars and sense : how we misthink money and how to spend smarter / Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler ; with illustrations by Matt Trower.
Shares anecdotal insight into the illogical influences behind poor financial decisions and how to outmaneuver them, covering topics ranging from credit-card debt and household budgeting to holiday spending and real estate sales. "Why is paying for things painful? Why are we comfortable overpaying fo...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Part I: What is money?. Don't bet on it ; Opportunity knocks ; A value proposition
- Part II: How we assess value in ways that have little to do with value. We forget that everything is relative ; We compartmentalize ; We avoid pain ; We trust ourselves ; We overvalue what we have ; We worry about fairness and effort ; We believe in the magic of language and rituals ; We overvalue expectations ; We lose control ; We overemphasize money
- Part III: Now what? Building on the shoulders of flawed thinking. Put your money where your mind is ; Free advice ; Control yourself ; It's us against them ; Stop and think.