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Little, Brown
Little, Brown
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Little, Brown

Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It

Prose: non-fiction, Economics

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- Paperback Apr 10, 2018 | 9780349123790 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown
- Paperback Apr 10, 2018 | 9780349123790 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 30, 2017 | 9781408703335 | RRP $36.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 30, 2017 | 9781408703311 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 18, 2017 | 9781405537650 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 11, 2017 | 9780748127184 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Apr 10, 2018 | 9780349123790 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 30, 2017 | 9781408703335 | RRP $36.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 30, 2017 | 9781408703311 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 18, 2017 | 9781405537650 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 11, 2017 | 9780748127184 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown
- Paperback Apr 10, 2018 | 9780349123790 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 30, 2017 | 9781408703335 | RRP $36.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 30, 2017 | 9781408703311 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 18, 2017 | 9781405537650 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 11, 2017 | 9780748127184 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Britain's favourite intelligent broadcaster explores why lying is so rife - and why we all think we can get away with it.

'A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer' Evening Standard

Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it's become the communications strategy of our times?

This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has come to this. It sets out the surprising logic which explains why bullshit is both pervasive and persistent. Why are company annual reports often nonsense? Why should you not trust estate agents? And above all, why has political campaigning become the art of stretching the truth? Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and of course his knowledge of the media, Evan ends by providing readers with a tool-kit to handle the kinds of deceptions we encounter every day, and charts a route through the muddy waters of the post-truth age.

Praise for Post-Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It

A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer - Evening Standard
Subtle and wide-ranging, written with the generous intelligence and wry humour that admirers of his broadcasting will recognise - New Statesman
His care and his determination to make complicated ideas accessible show, above all, why he is such a good broadcaster - Observer
Davis's journey through the bullshit swamplands makes fascinating reading for anybody involved in communication - Sunday Times