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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
By Ariely, Dan
2008/02 - Harper
9780061353239 Find in the Library

In the tradition of "Freakonomics" and "Blink," a behavioral economist argues that human behavior is often anything but rational--that thoughts are not random, but instead are systematic and predictable.

Book Cover Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
By Brafman, Rom
Brafman, Ori
2008/06 - Doubleday Business
9780385524384 Find in the Library

Drawing on cutting-edge research from the fields of social psychology, behavioral economics, and organizational behavior, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, reveal the hidden psychological forces that drive irrational behavior.

Book Cover Stumbling on Happiness
By Gilbert, Daniel
2006/01 - Alfred A. Knopf
9781400042661 Find in the Library

This smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes, reveals why people are so lousy at predicting what will make them happy--and what they can do about it.

Book Cover Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
By Gladwell, Malcolm
2005/01 - Little Brown and Company
9780316172325 Find in the Library

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the author shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information that can be processed quickly, but on the few particular details on which people focus.

Book Cover Outliers: The Story of Success
By Gladwell, Malcolm
2008/11 - Little Brown and Company
9780316017923 Find in the Library

In this landmark work, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

Book Cover Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
By Hallinan, Joseph T.
2009/02 - Broadway Books
9780767928052 Find in the Library

A fascinating investigation of the science behind human imperfections, enlivened by real-life stories of anesthesiologists' fatal mistakes, weathermen whose predictions are uncannily accurate, and witnesses who have sent innocent men to jail.

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The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
By Harford, Tim
2008/01 - Random House
9781400066421 Find in the Library

In this deftly reasoned book, a columnist for "The Financial Times" and "Slate" argues that, despite the everyday insanity, life is logical after all, and he explores the surprisingly rational choices that shape the world.

Book Cover Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
By Heath, Chip
Heath, Dan
2007/01 - Random House
9781400064281 Find in the Library

Focusing on successful marketing campaigns and undying urban legends, this book is written for anyone who strives to craft messages that are memorable and lasting.

Book Cover How We Decide
By Lehrer, Jonah
2009/02 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
9780618620111 Find in the Library

From the acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist comes a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making. Lehrer explores two questions: How does the human mind make decisions? and How can those decisions be made better?

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
By Levitt, Steven D.
Dubner, Stephen J.
2006/01 - William Morrow & Company
9780061234002 Find in the Library

This newly revised edition of the "New York Times" bestseller offers a view of how the world really works, from two of today's most original thinkers.

Book Cover Buyology: Truth and Lies about Why We Buy
By Lindstrom, Martin
2008/09 - Doubleday Business
9780385523882 Find in the Library

Marketing guru Lindstrom draws on a three-year study of people from around the world to overturn many of the assumptions, myths, and beliefs about what genuinely stimulates consumers' interest in a product and compels them to buy.

Book Cover The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
By Mlodinow, Leonard
2008/05 - Pantheon Books
9780375424045 Find in the Library

The Drunkard's Walk is a magnificent exploration of the role that chance plays in our lives. Often historical, occasionally hysterical, and consistently smart and funny, this book challenges everything we think we know.--Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness.

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The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations
By Surowiecki, James
2004/05 - Doubleday Books
9780385503860 Find in the Library

""No one in this world, so far as I know, has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." --H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken was wrong.
In this endlessly fascinating book, "New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: large groups of people are "smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant--better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.
This seemingly counterintuitive notion has endless and major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organized and how we live our daily lives. With seemingly boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular cul

Book Cover Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness
By Thaler, Richard H.
Sunstein, Cass R.
2008/04 - Yale University Press
9780300122237 Find in the Library

Thaler and Sunstein offer a groundbreaking discussion of how to apply the science of choice to nudge people toward decisions that can improve their lives.

Book Cover Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us)
By Vanderbilt, Tom
2008/07 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307264787 Find in the Library

Based on exhaustive research and interviews with driving experts and traffic officials around the globe,Traffic gets under the hood of the everyday activity. Ultimately, this work is about more than driving: it's about human nature.

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