Psychology and public affairs professor at Princeton University.
Eldar Shafir appears in the following:
Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Friday, November 07, 2014
How does living with less than we need—whether its money, time, or even friends - affect our personalities?
Scarcity Explains it All
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Using behavioral science, Eldar Shafir, psychology and public affairs professor at Princeton University and the co-author with Sendhil Mullainathan of Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much (Times Books, 2013), discusses why strategies for coping with scarcity explain the persistence of poverty, obesity, procrastination, and even loneliness.