The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone–Especially Ourselves
Author: Dan Ariely
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 sch….Read More
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