Finance:Psychology of previous investment

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The "psychology of previous investment" was coined by James Howard Kunstler[1] to describe the sunk costs of the modern urban/suburban lifestyle. It is the reluctance to abandon technologies and standards of urban infrastructure into which humans have already made substantial investments, and is seen as a major contributor to modern energy crises.

See also

  • Abandonment cost
  • Sunk cost fallacy

References