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The provided passages do not contain specific evidence that the author provides. The passages describe the essays in the collection, highlighting that they convey Thomas C. Schelling's unique perspective on individuals and society [1, 2]. This perspective is characterized as strategic, viewing the mind as separable into different parts, motivated by policy concerns, and open to modifying economic assumptions [2].
The passages indicate that the essays cover topics such as smoking and other addictions, global warming, segregation, and nuclear war [2]. However, they do not detail the specific evidence presented within these essays to support the author's arguments on these subjects.
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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.
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;…