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Small change : money mishaps and how to avoid them / created by Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler; illustrated by Matt Trower.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bluebird, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 275 pages : illustrations; 24cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509889167
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG179 ARI
Contents:
Part I: What is money?. 1. Don't bet on it ; 2. Opportunity knocks ; 3. A value proposition -- Part II: How we assess value in ways that have little to do with value. 4. We forget that everything is relative ; 5. We compartmentalize ; 6. We avoid pain ; 7. We trust ourselves ; 8. We overvalue what we have ; 9. We worry about fairness and effort ; 10. We believe in the magic of language and rituals ; 11. We overvalue expectations ; 12. We lose control ; 13. We overemphasize money -- Part III: Now what? Building on the shoulders of flawed thinking. 14. Put your money where your mind is ; 15. Free advice ; 16. Control yourself ; 17. It's us against them ; 18. Stop and think ; Thanks ; Notes ; Index.
Summary: A book about the irrational and odd ways we spend money - and how to curb some of those habits.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HG179 ARI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 152518 Available BK139430
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HG179 ARI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 152516 Available BK139665
Book Book PostGraduate Studies Library Open Shelf HG179 ARI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 152515 Available BK139828
Book Book PostGraduate Studies Library Open Shelf HG179 ARI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 152519 Available BK139397
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf HG179 ARI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 152517 Available BK139680

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I: What is money?. 1. Don't bet on it ; 2. Opportunity knocks ; 3. A value proposition --
Part II: How we assess value in ways that have little to do with value. 4. We forget that everything is relative ; 5. We compartmentalize ; 6. We avoid pain ; 7. We trust ourselves ; 8. We overvalue what we have ; 9. We worry about fairness and effort ; 10. We believe in the magic of language and rituals ; 11. We overvalue expectations ; 12. We lose control ; 13. We overemphasize money --
Part III: Now what? Building on the shoulders of flawed thinking. 14. Put your money where your mind is ; 15. Free advice ; 16. Control yourself ; 17. It's us against them ; 18. Stop and think ; Thanks ; Notes ; Index.

A book about the irrational and odd ways we spend money - and how to curb some of those habits.

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