More choice is always better

Alan S. Blinder

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47458-8_11

More choice is always better

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Here’s something that we all know to be wrong in our everyday lives, but which our economist union card bans us from believing while we’re on the job: Utility is nondecreasing in the number of choices.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Economic Ideas You Should Forget
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	29-30
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319474588
ISBN (Print)	9783319474571
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47458-8_11
State	Published - Jan 1 2017

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
General Business, Management and Accounting

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