Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays

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What are the practical implications?

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The provided passages do not explicitly detail the practical implications of the essays. However, they do mention that Schelling's perspective is motivated by policy concerns such as smoking and other addictions, global warming, segregation, and nuclear war [2].

The passages indicate that Schelling's work focuses on how people's behavior is influenced by the thought of affecting others' expectations, and he views the mind as having separable parts [2]. While the passages highlight the subjects that motivate his policy concerns, they do not elaborate on the specific practical implications derived from his essays.

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ogle Books --- Title: Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays by Thomas C. Schelling Description: All of the essays in this new collection by Thomas Schelling convey his unique perspective on individuals and society. Schelling, a 2005 Nobel Prize winner, has been one of the four or five most important social scientists of the past fifty years, and this collection shows why. Categories: Business & Economics Pages: 368 Snippet: All of the essays in this new collection by Thomas Schelling convey his unique perspective on individuals and society.
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Title: Strategies of commitment and other essays by Thomas C. Schelling Description: Schelling--a 2005 Nobel Prize winner-- has been one of the four or five most important social scientists of the past fifty years, and this collection shows why. These essays convey his unique perspective on individuals and society. This perspective has several characteristics: it is strategic in that it assumes that an important part of people's behavior is motivated by the thought of influencing other people's expectations; it views the mind as being separable into two or more parts (rational/irrational;…
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