The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills

by Jesse Singal

Book Overview

An investigative journalist exposes the many holes in today's bestselling behavioral science, and argues that the trendy, TED-Talk-friendly psychological interventions that are so in vogue at the moment will never be enough to truly address social injustice and inequality.

With their viral TED talks, bestselling books, and counter-intuitive remedies for complicated problems, psychologists and other social scientists have become the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374239800
• ISBN13: 9780374239800
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"