The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home

by Dan Ariely

Book Overview

"Dan Ariely is a genius at understanding human behavior: no economist does a better job of uncovering and explaining the hidden reasons for the weird ways we act." James Surowiecki, author of The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061995037
• ISBN13: 9780061995033
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I don't know about this one.

I guess I was expecting something different. Ariely writes well - with confidence, assuredness, and the scholarly experience to make it all work - but I find myself disinterested in the experiments and experimental methods used. I did enjoy his writing apart from that.