# Professor Adam Alter shares tips on how to reduce online spending

1 Faculty News August 13, 2019 ![The Cut logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/the-cut-logo-feature.jpg?itok=Sb35WUpa)>

Excerpt from [The Cut](https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/how-to-trick-yourself-into-shopping-less.html) -- "'Anything you can do to minimize the amount of self-control you need to exert is a good thing,' [Alter](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter) says. 'If you can make hard and fast rules that guide your purchasing behavior, but also license you to do it occasionally, you may have an easier time keeping it under control.'"

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