Tag: Barry Schwartz

Economics Links

Feb 3, 2014

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Culture, Economic Development, Economics, Generations, Globalization, Health and Medicine, History, Human Progress, Links – Economics, Poverty, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Brookings: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 2. Carpe Diem: World trade and output both reached new all-time record highs in November and are nearly 10% above previous peaks 3. PBS Newshour: More than 200 million people were unemployed in the world in 2013 Worldwide, the number of unemployed people rose by 5…
The Paradox of Choice

Dec 11, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, Economics

Here is a great clip from TEDS featuring Barry Schwartz. It is over two years old but touches on issues related to living with affluence that I’ve just started blogging about. It is thought-provoking and entertaining. (HT: Virgil) “Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central belief of western societies: that freedom of choice leads…