We all like things done fast: food that gets cooked quickly, an internet connection that operates at lightning speed, traffic that zips along. After all, who wants to wait? Do you really want to get to your destination later, when you could get there now?
But it turns out that waiting — procrastinating, even — may be the key to doing things right.
Frank Partnoy makes this controversial — and perhaps counterintuitive — case.
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