{"product_id":"strategies-of-commitment-and-other-essays-9780674019294","title":"Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrategies of Commitment and Other Essays\u003c\/strong\u003e by Schelling, Thomas C.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780674019294.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of the essays in this new collection by Thomas Schelling convey his unique perspective on individuals and society. This perspective has several characteristics: it is strategic in that it assumes that an important part of peoples behavior is motivated by the thought of influencing other peoples expectations; it views the mind as being separable into two or more parts (rational\/irrational; present-minded\/future-minded); it is motivated by policy concerns--smoking and other addictions, global warming, segregation, nuclear war; and while it accepts many of the basic assumptions of economics--that people are forward-looking, rational decision makers, that resources are scarce, and that incentives are important--it is open to modifying them when appropriate, and open to the findings and insights of other social science disciplines.\n\nSchelling--a 2005 Nobel Prize winner-- has been one of the four or five most important social scientists of the past fifty years, and this collection shows why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44880098066485,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674019296","price":138.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0674019296_ef172d25-e1d7-4c31-ab1e-b815e32248e9.jpg?v=1781430578","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/strategies-of-commitment-and-other-essays-9780674019294","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}