The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves

By Dan Ariely

Book Overview

Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and the New York Times bestselling author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably Irrational , examines the contradictory forces that drive us to cheat and keep us honest, in this groundbreaking look at the way we behave: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty . From ticket-fixing in our police departments to test-score scandals in our schools, from our elected leaders' extra-marital affairs to the Ponzi schemes undermining our economy, cheating and dishonesty are ubiquitous parts of our national news cycle--and inescapable parts of the human condition. Drawing on original experiments and research, in the vein of Freakonomics , The Tipping Point , and Survival of the Sickest , Ariely reveals--honestly--what motivates these irrational, but entirely human, behaviors.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062183591
• ISBN13: 9780062183590
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"