The Confidence Game: The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for It Every Time
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DESCRIPTION :
The con artist: from Bernie Madoff to Clark Rockefeller to Lance Armstrong. How do they get away with it? And what keeps us falling for them, over and over again? In The Confidence Game, Maria Konnikova investigates the psychological principles that underlie each stage of the swindle, from the put-up all the way to the fix, and how we can train ourselves to spot a story that isn't all it seems.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 236 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
Society & Social Sciences
The con artist: from Bernie Madoff to Clark Rockefeller to Lance Armstrong. How do they get away with it? And what keeps us falling for them, over and over again? In The Confidence Game, Maria Konnikova investigates the psychological principles that underlie each stage of the swindle, from the put-up all the way to the fix, and how we can train ourselves to spot a story that isn't all it seems.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781782113911 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Konnikova, Maria | |
| PUBLISHER : Canongate Books Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : January 19, 2017 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Canongate Books Ltd |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 236 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
Society & Social Sciences