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An Atlantic correspondent uncovers the true cost-in economic, political, and psychic terms-of our penchant for making and buying things as cheaply as possible From the shuttered factories of the rust belt to the look-alike strip malls of the sun belt-and almost everywhere in... read more

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  • Hyperbolic discounting: Given two similar rewards, humans show a preference for one that arrives sooner rather than later.

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This book is in Digital Economy. (community list)

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  1. Ellen Ruppel Shell (Author)

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  1. Lorna Raver (Narrator)

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