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john commented on the word endowment effect
“Why is this important? The reason has to do with the ‘endowment effect,’ the innate tendency to value things you own more highly than everyone else does.�?
The New York Times, In Hard Times, Fear Can Impair Decision-Making, by Gregory Berns, December 6, 2008
December 8, 2008