maximize

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Williamson says that more adventurous space maximizers might try green walls, which contain pockets for holding soil, water and plants.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023

A 2018 study by the Department of Psychology of Chengdu University in China found that maximizers tend to score lower on scores of overall well-being than those who accepted “good enough” options.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023

Making matters more opaque, companies don’t refer to themselves as accumulators or maximizers.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Modern behavioral economists, less interested in the metaphysical issues, call it “time-inconsistent preferences” and have simply documented that it occurs systematically in ways that undermine the neoclassical modeling assumptions of humans as rational utility maximizers.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2012

This notion, of course, runs counter to traditional economic and management theories, which are based on the assumption that people are rational income maximizers whose behaviors can be altered through monetary carrots and sticks.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2010