The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely

Title in this Set : The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely Condition : BRAND NEWFormat : Paperback ISBN : 9780007477333 Description : Fascinating and provocative, Ariely's The Truth About Dishonesty is an insightful and brilliantly researched take on cheating, deception and willpower. Internationally bestselling author Ariely pulls no punches when it comes to home truths. Previous titles Predictably Irrational and The Upside Of Irrationality have becomes classics in their field, revealing unexpected and astonishing traits that run through modern humankind. Now acclaimed behavioural economist Dan Ariely delves deeper into the dark and murky recesses of contemporary psychology, daring to ask the big questions: What makes us cheat? How and why do we rationalise deception of ourselves and other people... About the Author : Officially, I am the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics at Duke University. I founded the Center for Advanced Hindsight, wrote a few books, took part in a few media project and startups. I co-created of the film documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies, and I wrote three-time New York Times bestsellers: Predictably Irrational, The Upside of irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty. I also wrote a few books that did not make it to the New York Times bestsellers list: Irrationally Yours, Payoff, Amazing Decisions and Dollars and Sense. My new book, MISBELIEF: WHAT MAKES RATIONAL PEOPLE BELIEVE IRRATIONAL THINGS began with my own experience being the target of conspiracy theories, but quickly became about a phenomenon that affects all of us. I will use the term misbelief to describe the phenomenon were exploring. Misbelief is a distorted lens through which people begin to view the world, reason about the world, and then describe the world to others. I derive a lot of satisfaction from seeing my work take shape in the real life and I take part in a few