Dollars and sense [large print] : how we misthink money and how to spend smarter / Dan Ariely and Jeff Kriesler.
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. --Publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432850180
- ISBN: 1432850180
- Physical Description: 485 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large Print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Company, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is money?. Don't bet on it ; Opportunity knocks ; A value proposition -- 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 -- 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Consumers > Attitudes. Finance, Personal. Finance, Personal > Psychological aspects. Decision making. |
| Genre: | Large print books. |
