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November 25, 10:31 2023

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Scarcity – Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Shafir

I continue to come back to this book as one that informs my thoughts about many scenarios, especially when I’m faulting someone for a decision I think is a bad one. Scarcity makes a great case, though not explicitly, for universal basic income, because if we can take away monetary scarcity from people they have the capacity to make better decisions that will benefit society.

I think this is a must read.

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