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Eldar Shafir

Eldar Shafir is a psychologist who studies decision making and the behavior of people under financial and cognitive pressure. With Sendhil Mullainathan he wrote Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much (2013), which argues that scarcity captures the mind and leaves less room for other concerns. He also worked early on with Amos Tversky on how the way choices are framed changes them. This page lists our articles, quizzes and videos that draw on his research, with the original sources.

Quizzes on this topic

ScarcityScarcity Mindset ScoreHow does having too little money, time or energy change the way you think?This quiz looks at how a shortage of money, time or energy shapes your attention and choices, and through which door: tunneling on what is pressing, neglecting what is not, borrowing from later, a taxed mind, or a lack of slack. It describes how attention behaves under scarcity, not how well anyone is coping.10 questions · 4 min