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Analysis: Eldar Shafir: Scarcity

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Eldar Shafir: Scarcity

17/03/2014

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An interview with psychologist Eldar Shafir about the concept of scarcity.

Jo Fidgen interviews psychologist Eldar Shafir about his theories of how scarcity of time and money can both help and harm us.

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Jo Fidgen interviews Eldar Shafir, professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University, and co-author of Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much in front of an audience at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. Jo will explore the book's key idea: that not having enough money or time, shapes all of our reactions, and ultimately our lives and society.

Producer: Ruth Alexander.

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