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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Barbara Ehrenreich |
| ISBN: | 9780805087499 0805087494 9781616644833 1616644834 |
| OCLC Number: | 317928923 |
| Description: | 235 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Smile or die : the bright side of cancer -- The years of magical thinking -- The dark roots of American optimism -- Motivating business and the business of motivation -- God wants you to be rich -- The science of happiness -- How positive thinking wrecked the economy -- Postscript on post-positive thinking. |
| Responsibility: | Barbara Ehrenreich. |
Abstract:
A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism, existential clarity and courage.
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