Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2023-01-23
Books mentioned on Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute | People I (Mostly) Admire | Ep 38
Steve Levitt discussed Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Scarcity
Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir is a psychological exploration of how having too little of things like money or time shapes human thinking, decision-making, and behavior.
Discussed“but in this week's episode I pick up in the middle of our conversation with me telling sandal about my first reaction to hearing that he had written a book entitled scarcity”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Scarcity
“it reminds me a little bit about what you said about rereading scarcity”
Plugged Scarcity
“it's called Peak p-i-q-u-e or his book scarcity why having too little means so much”