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# The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life

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The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life : List, John, Gneezy, Uri: desertcart.co.uk: Books

Review: inspirational and thought provoking - Great short book, easy to read and accessible. Thus will make you ponder large problems and small, strategic and operational. You will be offered lots of ideas and encouraged to give it a go - carry out your own experiments!
Review: Interesting but if you're going to read one book in this area, read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - Interesting book but having read Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, I'm not sure I learned much.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 358,241 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 720 in Cultural Studies 4,896 in Business, Finance & Law |
| Customer reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (249) |
| Dimensions  | 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm |
| ISBN-10  | 1847946755 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1847946751 |
| Item weight  | 202 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 288 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 Jan. 2015 |
| Publisher  | Random House Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ inspirational and thought provoking
*by J***E on 12 August 2014*

Great short book, easy to read and accessible. Thus will make you ponder large problems and small, strategic and operational. You will be offered lots of ideas and encouraged to give it a go - carry out your own experiments!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting but if you're going to read one book in this area, read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
*by A***1 on 18 March 2015*

Interesting book but having read Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, I'm not sure I learned much.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Field experiments everywhere
*by G***S on 18 September 2014*

What I like to this book is the way the 2 authors try to apply as much as possible the "out-of-lab" or field experiments to real world. It is very interesting that some thoughts and theories and hypothesis seem to describe so elegantly the reality until the reality itself proves otherwise. One example: theory says that children should not be motivated with money in order to learn because if we do this then they will make learning linked to an external motivation while we should strive for their internal motivation on learning. But guess what?! For some children it does work! "Bribing" them with money or gifts can actually make them to want to learn more.

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- The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
- Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman
- Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioural Economics

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