[书籍] Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature is at Odds with Economics--and Why it Matters直觉
出版社:
Harvard Business Press
简介:
Humans just aren't entirely rational creatures. We decide to roll over and hit the snooze button instead of going to the gym. We take out home loans we can't possibly afford. And did you know that people named Paul are more likely to move to St. Paul than other cities? All too often, our subconscious causes us to act against our own self-interest. But our free-market economy is based on the assumption that we always do act in our own self-interest. In this provocative book, physician Peter Ubel uses his understanding of psychology and behavior to show that in some cases government must regulate markets for our own health and well-being. And by understanding and controlling the factors that go into our decisions, big and small, we can all begin to stop the damage we do to our bodies, our finances, and our economy as a whole. Ubel's vivid stories bring his message home for anyone interested in improving the way our society works. 《直觉:为什么我们左右不了自己的生活》内容简介：无论超市、麦当劳，还是婚姻介绍所，似乎都能满足我们现代人渴望自由选择的虚荣——在这些地方，你可以在琳琅满目的食品架中或者在一叠叠美女帅哥的资料中。选出你最喜欢的商品或者最爱的人。 但是，在这些地方做“买卖”的时候，常常是买的不如卖的精。那些深知我们常根据直觉做出选择的卖家们，他们会绞尽脑汁诱惑你。让你挑选的不是健康食品而是容易增大腰围的甜点，让你不是把钱花在健身锻炼上而是满足吸烟的快感。而且，这些卖家还有着冠冕堂皇的理由：自由的买卖能让你的收益最大化，亚当·斯密及其门徒们不就这么认为的吗？ 不过，不断增大的腰围和持续恶化的肺部疾病显然不会让我们的生活更为美满。自由的选择并不一定能带来最大的收益，因为自由的选择也给了我们做出错误决定的自由。人类不是精密的机器，我们的原始脑总是让我们自己的行为常常只是凭直觉或者情绪行事，因此我们无节制地在胃里填塞垃圾食品，在肺部填塞尼古丁，而我们在贷款时被人耍了还自以为占了便宜，沾沾自喜。 抛开现代人虚伪的自尊，我们会发现，其实我们都是需要别人管管的孩子。我们需要一个温和的“家长”式的爱人、朋友、上司或者是政府，当我们根据直觉做出不合理选择，沉迷于甜食、网游、烟瘾的时候，他能用温和的方式提醒我们，而不是要么让我们恣意放纵，要么禁锢我们的自由。
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