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Picoeconomics: The Strategic Interaction of Successive Motivational States within the Person - Studies in Rationality and Social Change George Ainslie
Picoeconomics: The Strategic Interaction of Successive Motivational States within the Person - Studies in Rationality and Social Change
George Ainslie
Originally published in 1992, this book examines an elementary human paradox: that we are endangered by our own wishes. Dr. Ainslie examines the basic tendency for humans to form temporary preferences for the poorer but earlier of two goals, when the poorer goal is closer at hand.
460 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 25, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521158701 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 460 |
| Dimensions | 217 × 141 × 29 mm · 606 g |
| Language | English |