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Part 1. Incentives in theory -- Chapter 1. The power of incentives -- Chapter 2. A perverse inclination -- Chapter 3. Unintentional -- Chapter 4. Missing incentives -- Chapter 5. Your brain on incentives -- Interlude: a mannish jape -- Part 2. Chapter 6. Less than a loaf of bread -- Chapter 7. Crazy bargains (and crazy luxury) -- Chapter 8. Only the fittest survive -- Interlude: dog -- Chapter 9. Self-perpetuating incentives -- Chapter 10. Corruption and rot -- Chapter 11. Justice -- Chapter 12. Injustice, armour and fire -- Interlude: the hunger games -- Chapter 13. Climate change -- Chapter 14. Ostrom -- Conclusion : the ball is still in the air. |
| Summary |
Rewards. Punishments. Prices. The Nobel Prize. Candy Crush. Incentives take more forms than you might expect and they can be hard to spot, but theyshapeour lives inways that werarely examine. Some incentives are obvious, like for example, publicly committing to doing something you dislike in order to motivate you to do something difficult, like lose weight. But, many of the most powerful incentives are accidental, and invisible even to those who designed them. Some are tame - and some are most definitely not. Whether it's bounties for criminals or Instagrammable meals, training your dog or saving the planet, incentives regularly backfire, go missing, mutate and evolve. Without oversight, their unintended consequences can have very global effects. In Incentivology, economist Jason Murphy uncovers the huge incentive systems we take for granted and turns them inside out. In lively, entertaining prose he explores the mechanisms behind manyspectacular failures and successes in our history, culture and everyday lives, and shows us how to use (or lose) incentives in our world at large. |
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Success.
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Motivation (Psychology) -- Popular works.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Motivation (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01027516
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Success. (OCoLC)fst01137041
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Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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