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Stuff goes wrong, so act now

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Abstract Pepper & Nettle make an ambitious and compelling attempt to isolate a common cause of what they call the behavioral constellation of deprivation. We agree with the authors that… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Pepper & Nettle make an ambitious and compelling attempt to isolate a common cause of what they call the behavioral constellation of deprivation. We agree with the authors that limited control can indeed help explain part of the difference in observed present-oriented behavior between the poor and the rich. However, we suggest that mortality risk is not the primary mechanism leading to this apparent impatience.

Keywords: stuff goes; wrong act; goes wrong

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2017

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