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Americans are a "positive" people -- cheerful, optimistic, and
upbeat: This is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more
than a temperament, being positive is the key to getting success
and prosperity. Or so we are told.
In this utterly original debunking, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts
the false promises of positive thinking and shows its reach into
every corner of American life, from Evangelical megachurches to the
medical establishment, and, worst of all, to the business
community, where the refusal to consider negative outcomes--like
mortgage defaults--contributed directly to the current economic
disaster. With the myth-busting powers for which she is acclaimed,
Ehrenreich exposes the downside of positive thinking: personal
self-blame and national denial. This is Ehrenreich at her
provocative best--poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux
science and ending with a call for existential clarity and
courage.
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