Browsing by Author "Schwartz, Barry, 1946-"

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    The Costs of Living: How Market Freedom Erodes the Best Things in Life
    (Swarthmore College, 2009-04) Schwartz, Barry, 1946-
    For a generation, the United States, along with most of the West, was in the thrall of an ideology that asserted that the magic of market competition held the solution to every problem. But even the father of modern economics, Adam Smith, knew that this ideology is false-a lesson we are learning anew in the current financial crisis. Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action Barry Schwartz argues two things. First, markets have their place, but that place isn't every place. And second, even in their place, to work properly, markets depend on nonmarket values that market competition actively corrodes.
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    Too Many Choices: Who Suffers and Why
    (Swarthmore College, 2004-03-03) Schwartz, Barry, 1946-
    Americans value freedom of choice perhaps above all else, but as choices increase, they can be transformed from instruments of freedom into instruments of tyranny, threatening happiness, well-being, self-esteem, and optimism. In this talk, Barry Schwartz will explain who suffers from too many choices and why.
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    "Why?" Some Puzzles of Motivation
    (Swarthmore College, 2014-10-07) Schwartz, Barry, 1946-
    "Why?" Some Puzzles of Motivation -- It is only logical that if people already have one reason to do something, and you give them a second reason to do that thing, their commitment will be greater, their effort will be more sustained, and their performance will be more outstanding. Thus, for example, a teacher who is motivated to inspire students will be even more motivated if a performance bonus is added to the mix. Logical, perhaps; psychological, no. Barry Schwartz will review evidence that different types of motives sometimes compete, not sum, even when all the motives seem to be pushing in the same direction. Recent results from a fifteen-year study of West Point cadets confirm that more motives can produce worse results.