The Upside of Irrationality Intl: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home: The Unexpected Ways We Defy Logic at Work and at Home - Brossura

Dan Ariely

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ISBN 10: 0062004875 ISBN 13: 9780062004871

Casa editrice: Harper

Riassunto

Behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely returns to offer a much-needed take on the irrational decisions that influence our dating lives, our workplace experiences, and our temptation to cheat in any and all areas.
We learned from the 2008 economic crisis that irrationality is an influential player in financial markets. But it is often the case that irrationality also makes it way into our daily lives and decisionmaking in slightly different and vastly more subtle ways. Since irrationality is an inherent part of the way we function and think, it s time to look at how it affects our behavior, up close and personal.

In LIVING IRRATIONALLY, behavioral economist Dan Ariely will explore the many ways in which our behavior often leads us astray in terms of our romantic relationships, our experiences in the workplace, and our temptations to cheat. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking analysis and new research into our decisionmaking processes, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. In each chapter, Dan will examine data from original experiments to draw invaluable conclusions about how and why we behave the way we do in these areas of our lives. In an extension of his conclusions, Dan will also reflect on ways to make ourselves and our society better.

Among the topics Dan explores are:
What we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy;
How we learn to love the ones we are with;
Why online dating doesn t work, and how we can improve on it;
Why learning more about people make us like them less;
Why large bonuses can make CEOs less productive;
How to really motivate people at work;
Why bad directions can help us;
How we fall in love with our ideas;
How we are motivated by revenge; and
What motivates us to cheat.

Drawing on the same experimental methods that made Predictably Irrational such a hit, Dan will emphasize the important role that irrationality plays in our day-to-day decisionmaking not just in our financial marketplace, but in the most personal aspects of our lives.

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Recensione:

Dan Ariely's ingenious experiments explore deeply how our economic behavior is influenced by irrational forces and social norms. In a charmingly informal style that makes it accessible to a wide audience, PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL provides a standing criticism to the explanatory power of rational egotistic choice. (Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize in Economics 1972, Professor of Economics Stanford University on PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL)

An entertaining look at human foibles. (New York Times on PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL)

L'autore:

New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, with appointments at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Department of Economics. He has also held a visiting professorship at MIT s Media Lab. He has appeared on CNN and CNBC, and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio s Marketplace. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

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• Editore: Harper
• ISBN 10: 0062004875
• ISBN 13: 9780062004871
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352