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by David H. Freedman

From the author of "A Perfect Mess" comes an eye-opening exploration of why experts are constantly misleading the public--and what can be done about it.


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Our investments are devastated, obesity is epidemic, test scores are in decline, blue-chip companies circle the drain, and popular medications turn out to be ineffective and even dangerous. What happened? Didn't we listen to the scientists, economists and other experts who promised us that if we followed their advice all would be well? Actually, those experts are a big reason we're in this mess. And, according to acclaimed business and science writer David H. Freedman, such expert counsel usually turns out to be wrong -- often wildly so. Wrong reveals the dangerously distorted ways experts come up with their advice, and why the most heavily flawed conclusions end up getting the most attention-all the more so in the online era. But there's hope: Wrong spells out the means by which every individual and organization can do a better job of unearthing the crucial bits of right within a vast avalanche of misleading pronouncements.

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  • Title Wrong: Why Experts* Keep Failing Us--And How to Know When Not to Trust Them *Scientists, Finance Wizards, Doctors, Relationsh
  • Author David H. Freedman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company, New York
  • Date 2010-06-10
  • ISBN 9780316023788 / 0316023787
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.52 x 6.62 x 1.06 in (24.18 x 16.81 x 2.69 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009051194
  • Dewey Decimal Code 001

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2010, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/05/2010, Page 56

About the author

David H. Freedman (www.freedman.com) is a contributing editor at Inc. Magazine. His articles on science, business and technology have appeared in theAtlantic, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Science, Wired, and many other publications. His previous book (coauthored) is A Perfect Mess, about the useful role of disorder in daily life, business and science. He is also the author of books about the U.S. Marines, computer crime, and artificial intelligence. Freedman casts a critical eye on headline health news at his blog, Making Sense of Medicine.
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