In 2001 Barbara Ehrenreich wrote Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America.
You can get an idea of what the book is about by checking it out on Amazon; I won’t waste your time here reiterating a synopsis of a 7-year-old work. I’ll simply give you some of my observations.
Ms. Ehrenreich doesn’t mention her [...]
Book Review: Nickel and Dimed is a (decent) car wreck.
July 29th, 2008
Tags: book · nickel and dimed · poverty · study
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July 5th, 2008
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BOOK REVIEW: Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
June 16th, 2008
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman
Doubleday Business (2008), Hardcover, 224 pages
ISBN: 9780385524382
PurpleCar’s Review:
Have you ever driven through a snowstorm, against all logic, to get to a meeting? Held onto a tanking stock? Reading Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior may help you understand why. An easy read [...]
Tags: book · Conduct of Life · Errors · Group Behavior · Illogical Behavior · Irrationalism · Philosophy · psychology · Rationalism · review · Social Psychology · Stupidity · Success