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Rock breaks scissors

William Poundstone

2014302 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2014
first published
  • 2014Little, Brown and Company · 302 pages · ENGISBN 9780316228060
  • 2014Little, Brown and CompanyISBN 9780316371490
  • 2015Little Brown & Company · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780316228053

"Rock breaks scissors is based on a simple principle: people are unable to act randomly. Instead they display unconscious patterns that the savvy person can outguess. The principle applies to friends playing rock, paper, scissors for a bar tab as well as to the crowds that create markets for homes and stocks. With a gift for distilling psychology and behavioral economics into accessible advice, Poundstone proves that outguessing is easy, fun, and often profitable"--Dust jacket flap.

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