| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 206 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-199) and index. |
| Contents |
A little house on the Tel Aviv prairie; Asbestos and open-heart surgery; Ignoring the O-ring; Diagnosing the wrong patient; Where psychology and business collide -- Anatomy of an accident: Taking off at Tenerife; The oversensitive egg shoppers; The lure of the flat rate; Would you like insurance with that? So long, Martha's Vineyard -- The swamp of commitment: Playing not to lose; Fun-n-Gun; Only the Gators walked out alive; The $204 twenty-dollar bill; The end of the Great Society; "We don't even know where the tunnel is" -- The Hobbit and the missing link: The real-life Indiana Jones; The hunt for the missing link; The Stradivarius on the subway; What's in a five-cent hot dog, anyway? Homer Simpson and Piltdown man; Can a discount drink decrease IQ? Shakespeare was wrong. A paleontological lineup -- Michael Jordan and the first-date interview: The curse of the low draft pick; The "cold" professor; What lovesick college freshmen have in common with HR managers; When a pretty face equals a higher interest rate; The "mirror, mirror" effect; The Joe Friday solution -- The bipolar epidemic and the chameleon effect: A psychiatric outbreak; Sugar pills and Prozac; Tricking Israeli army commanders; How to sound beautiful; How old do you feel? The love bridge -- In France, the sun revolves around the earth: Who wants to trick a millionaire? Splitting the pie; sentimental car dealers; The talking cure for felons and venture capitalists; Russian justice; The rational Machiguenga -- Compensation and cocaine: Switzerland's toxic conundrum; The GMAT rebels; The power of the pleasure center; Hijacking altruism; Fast times at "Commie High"; The anticipation factor -- Dissenting justice: The Supreme Court conference; Peer pressure and Coke-bottle glasses; Ferris Bueller and the blocker; "We are not focusing on the name you give to potatoes"; The captain is not God; Not just thinking out loud; Justice has been served -- Epilogue: Swimming with the riptide; The poser of the long view; Zen economics; Propositional thinking; One man's trash is one woman's masterpiece; A cable guy, a banker, and a pharmaceutical rep; The real devil's advocate. |
| Subject |
Rationalism -- Psychological aspects.
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Irrationalism (Philosophy)
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Stupidity.
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Error.
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Conduct of life.
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Success.
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| Added Author |
Brafman, Rom.
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| Added Title |
Irresistible pull of irrational behavior |
| ISBN |
9780385524384 (hc : alk. paper) |
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0385524382 (hc : alk. paper) |
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