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The Paradox of Choice

Why More Is Less, Revised Edition

by Barry Schwartz, Nathan N. Cheek ...

In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, decision fatigue and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface from the author.Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday ... Read more

$10.99 USD

In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, decision fatigue and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface from the author.Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday
... Read more
Choose Wisely

Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making

by Barry Schwartz, Richard Schuldenfrei ...

A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory—and propose a new framework for understanding decision-makingFor many decision scientists, their starting point—drawn from economics—is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly ... Read more

$23.39 USD

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A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory—and propose a new framework for understanding decision-makingFor many decision scientists, their starting point—drawn from economics—is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly
... Read more

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Practical Wisdom

The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

by Barry Schwartz, Kenneth Sharpe ...

A reasoned yet urgent call to embrace and protect the essential, practical human quality that has been drummed out of our lives: wisdom.It's in our nature to want to succeed. It's also human nature to want to do right. But we've lost how to balance the two. How do we get it back?Practical Wisdom can help. "Practical wisdom" is the essential human quality that combines the fruits of our individual ... Read more

$7.99 USD

A reasoned yet urgent call to embrace and protect the essential, practical human quality that has been drummed out of our lives: wisdom.It's in our nature to want to succeed. It's also human nature to want to do right. But we've lost how to balance the two. How do we get it back?Practical Wisdom can help. "Practical wisdom" is the essential human quality that combines the fruits of our individual
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The Paradox of Choice Updated Edition

Why More Is Less

by Barry Schwartz ...

Whether we’re buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, purchasing shampoo from the drug store, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions--both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented.Your students may assume that more choice means ... Read more

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Whether we’re buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, purchasing shampoo from the drug store, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions--both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented.Your students may assume that more choice means
... Read more
Why We Work

by Barry Schwartz ...

Series series TED Books
An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we ... Read more

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An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we
... Read more

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The Battle for Human Nature

by Barry Schwartz ...

“Provocative and richly textured. . . .Schwartz’s analyses of the inadequacies of contemporary scientific views of human nature are compelling, but the consequences are even more worthy of note.” —Los Angeles TimesOut of the investigations and speculations of contemporary science, a challenging view of human behavior and society has emerged and gained strength. It is a view that equates “human ... Read more

$17.09 USD

“Provocative and richly textured. . . .Schwartz’s analyses of the inadequacies of contemporary scientific views of human nature are compelling, but the consequences are even more worthy of note.” —Los Angeles TimesOut of the investigations and speculations of contemporary science, a challenging view of human behavior and society has emerged and gained strength. It is a view that equates “human
... Read more
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Choose Wisely

Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making

by Richard Schuldenfrei, Barry Schwartz ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory—and propose a new framework for understanding decision-making.For many decision scientists, their starting point—drawn from economics—is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly ... Read more

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A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory—and propose a new framework for understanding decision-making.For many decision scientists, their starting point—drawn from economics—is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly
... Read more

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Wisdom: How to Discover Your Best Path in Work and Life

by Barry Schwartz ...

Narrated by Barry Schwartz ...

Series series Learn25: Psychology
Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

Barry Schwartz is back! The best-selling author of The Paradox of Choice and Why We Work, this eminent psychologist and leadership guru returns to help you tackle the biggest decisions of your life. His life-changing course weaves vivid case examples, research-based psychological insights, and deep wisdom. You’ll find vital takeaways you can use every day.In 2004, Schwartz started a movement to ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Barry Schwartz is back! The best-selling author of The Paradox of Choice and Why We Work, this eminent psychologist and leadership guru returns to help you tackle the biggest decisions of your life. His life-changing course weaves vivid case examples, research-based psychological insights, and deep wisdom. You’ll find vital takeaways you can use every day.In 2004, Schwartz started a movement to
... Read more
Framing Public Memory

by Charles E. Morris III, Kendall R. Phillips, Bradford Vivian, Amos Kiewe, Barry Schwartz, Horst-Alfred Heinrich, Edward S. Casey, Charles E. Scott, Rosa A. Eberly, Professor Barbara Biesecker0, Professor Stephen Howard Browne1, Barbie Zelizer2 ...

Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
A collection of essays by prominent scholars from many disciplines on the construction of public memoriesThe study of public memory has grown rapidly across numerous disciplines in recent years, among them American studies, history, philosophy, sociology, architecture, and communications. As scholars probe acts of collective remembrance, they have shed light on the cultural processes of memory. ... Read more

$21.59 USD

A collection of essays by prominent scholars from many disciplines on the construction of public memoriesThe study of public memory has grown rapidly across numerous disciplines in recent years, among them American studies, history, philosophy, sociology, architecture, and communications. As scholars probe acts of collective remembrance, they have shed light on the cultural processes of memory.
... Read more
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Brilliant: The Art and Science of Making Better Decisions

by Barry Schwartz ...

Narrated by Barry Schwartz ...

Series series Learn25: Psychology
Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

How can you make smart decisions? Do more choices make you happier? What steps can you take to curtail stress when selecting from a sea of options?Barry Schwartz gives you practical and science-based answers to these questions in this audio series. The author of the seminal bestseller The Paradox of Choice, Dr. Schwartz has spent five decades teaching decision science. Now, this 14-lecture audio ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

How can you make smart decisions? Do more choices make you happier? What steps can you take to curtail stress when selecting from a sea of options?Barry Schwartz gives you practical and science-based answers to these questions in this audio series. The author of the seminal bestseller The Paradox of Choice, Dr. Schwartz has spent five decades teaching decision science. Now, this 14-lecture audio
... Read more
Audiobook

Why We Work

by Barry Schwartz ...

Narrated by Barry Schwartz ...

Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent.We’ve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Practical Wisdom

by Barry Schwartz, Kenneth Sharpe ...

Narrated by Barry Schwartz ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

The surest route to a happier, more productive life and futureMost of us want to succeed. And most of us want to do the right thing. But we often forget that the way tosucceed is by doing the right thing, as Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe remind us in Practical Wisdom:The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. When the institutions that shape our society need to change, the peoplein them typically ... Read more

$26.99 USD

The surest route to a happier, more productive life and futureMost of us want to succeed. And most of us want to do the right thing. But we often forget that the way tosucceed is by doing the right thing, as Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe remind us in Practical Wisdom:The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. When the institutions that shape our society need to change, the peoplein them typically
... Read more

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