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The confidence game : the psychology of the con and why we fall for It every time Maria Konnikova

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Canongate, c2016.Description: 340 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781782113911
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.163 KO CO
Online resources: Summary: The con artist: from Bernie Madoff to Clark Rockefeller to Lance Armstrong. How do they get away with it? And what keeps us falling for them, over and over again? In The Confidence Game, Maria Konnikova investigates the psychological principles that underlie each stage of the swindle, from the put-up all the way to the fix, and how we can train ourselves to spot a story that isn't all it seems.
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The con artist: from Bernie Madoff to Clark Rockefeller to Lance Armstrong. How do they get away with it? And what keeps us falling for them, over and over again? In The Confidence Game, Maria Konnikova investigates the psychological principles that underlie each stage of the swindle, from the put-up all the way to the fix, and how we can train ourselves to spot a story that isn't all it seems.

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