TY - BOOK AU - Ariely,Dan AU - Kreisler,Jeff AU - Trower,Matt R. TI - DOLLARS AND SENSE: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter SN - 9780062872722 U1 - 332.024 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY : PB - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, KW - Finance, Personal KW - Decision making KW - Psychological aspects KW - Consumers KW - Attitudes KW - Consumer behavior N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index; What is money? Don't bet on it ; Opportunity knocks ; A value proposition -- How we assess value in ways that have little to do with value. We forget that everything is relative ; We compartmentalize ; We avoid pain ; We trust ourselves ; We overvalue what we have ; We worry about fairness and effort ; We believe in the magic of language and rituals ; We overvalue expectations ; We lose control ; We overemphasize money -- Now what? Building on the shoulders of flawed thinking. Put your money where your mind is ; Free advice ; Control yourself ; It's us against them ; Stop and think N2 - "Shares anecdotal insight into the illogical influences behind poor financial decisions and how to outmaneuver them, covering topics ranging from credit-card debt and household budgeting to holiday spending and real estate sales"--Publisher ER -