Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction business economics psychology informative reflective medium-paced

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"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser." Why do our headaches persist after we take a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a fifty-cent aspirin? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-...

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