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Sendhil Mullainathan is a renowned economist born in 1972. He has made significant contributions to behavioral economics and experimental economics, particularly in the areas of poverty and decision research. Professor Mullainathan teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been recognized with numerous awards for his outstanding research.

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Ifs Thinking World Real Happens Economy Behavior Abstraction

Author:Sendhil Mullainathan

“January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken.”

Years Self Study Broken Months Economics Resolution New Year Self Control January February New Years Resolution Behavioral Economics

Author:Sendhil Mullainathan

“Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them. As a result, we become less and less productive exactly when we need to be most productive.”

Needs Results Tasks Leaving Productive Calendars Shortage

Author:Sendhil Mullainathan

“The scarcity trap captures this notion we see again and again in many domains. When people have very little, they undertake behaviors that maintain or reinforce their future disadvantage. If you have very little, you often behave in such a way so that youll have little in the future.”

People Ifs Way Littles Behavior Notion Behave Capture Again And Again Traps Domain Disadvantages Scarcity

Author:Sendhil Mullainathan