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How the Power of "Free" Can Manipulate Your Decisions (and How to Beat It) [Free]


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Getting something for free can be a wonderful thing under the right circumstances, but it also has the power to influence the way you think in unfortunate ways. Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, has studied the power of free in various ways. The findings always seem to point to one thing: foolish and/or irrational decisions.More Read More ...

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