This narrative takes an uncompromising look at the corporate vultures that prey on America's working class. Made up of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, credit card companies and the like, the fringe economy entices vulnerable consumers into an economic netherworld.

编辑推荐： ﹡我认识一个人，他戒烟戒酒戒色戒美食，一直到自杀那天，他的身体都挺健康的。 ——《酒精粗话和荷尔蒙：嗜好心理学》 ﹡《怪癖心理学》姊妹篇，荣膺搞笑诺贝尔奖 ﹡版权卖出罗马尼亚、韩国、日本、意大利、台湾等15个国家地区 ﹡作者是英国心理学会董事，国际宿醉研究协会创始人，作者之前因为研究骂脏话的好处得到来自世界各地媒体的瞩目。 ﹡超好玩的心理学实验书，内容涉及性、上瘾、脏话、醉酒、宿醉、爱情、死亡等许多精彩的项目。这本书会从此改变你对于“坏”的看法！ 听说性行为能缓解压力？一口闷掉威士忌，能让你在社交上变得开朗活泼、长袖善舞？满口脏话、“操”声不绝，能极大地缓解疼痛？这是真的吗？ 本书将带着你游览心理学世界的“法外之境”。它不怎么像一脸严肃的正经科普读物，倒更像是茶余饭后的闲聊谈资。它涉及了方方面面的人类体验 ——从生到死，从性行为到...(展开全部)

How can large bonuses sometimes make CEOs less productive? Why is revenge so important to us? How can confusing directions actually help us? Why is there a difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book, Predictably Irrational , social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us to ma...(展开全部)

Every new project (or career or relationship) starts out exciting and fun. Then it gets harder and less fun, until it hits a low point - really hard, really not fun. At this point you might be in a Dip, which will get better if you keep pushing, or a Cul-de-Sac, which will never get better no matter how hard you try. The hard part is knowing the difference and acting on it. Acc...(展开全部)

愛因斯坦的書桌是有名的亂，為此他有所辯護：「如果一張雜亂的書桌代表的是一顆混亂的腦袋，那麼請問，一張空無一物的書桌又代表什麼？」事實上，雜亂通常代表創意取向，一張混亂的案頭往往隱藏著有效而直觀的歸檔系統。一分針對芝加哥大學六位學者──包括一位諾貝爾獎得主及兩位麥克阿瑟天才獎得主──的研究顯示，這六位學者唯一的共通之處就是他們雜亂到不行的研究室。這本書要強調的是：一點點的脫序或混亂可以讓既有系統更加行之有效。任何組織或個人只有在完美融合了混亂與秩序後才會有最好的表現。《亂好》檢視了企業、父母教養、烹飪、反恐戰爭、零售業……等方方面面，勾畫出只要選對合適的混亂層級與類型，反將獲致其潛在的優勢。追求絕對秩序既已不可能，不如放點水，用更寬容的心去看待那種種太被苛責的事：從政府運作、社會演進，到個人修為。亂，有何不可？怎麼亂才好？

The provocative follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Predictably Irrational Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? How can confusing directions actually help us? Why is revenge so important to us? Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational, social s...(展开全部)

Leading health blogger Jimmy Moore and researcher and internist Dr. Eric C. Westman join forces again to explain the powerful therapeutic effects of a ketogenic diet—one that combines a customized carbohydrate restriction, moderation of protein intake, and real food-based fats—which is emerging in the scientific literature as a means for improving a wide range of diseases, from...(展开全部)