Title Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America / Barbara Ehrenreich.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	BF698.35.O57 E37 2009	Available	---

Edition	1st ed.
Description	235 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Smile or die : the bright side of cancer -- The years of magical thinking -- The dark roots of American optimism -- Motivating business and the business of motivation -- God wants you to be rich -- Positive psychology : the science of happiness -- How positive thinking destroyed the economy -- Postscript on post-positive thinking.
Summary	A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism, existential clarity and courage.
Subject	Optimism -- United States.
	Optimism.
	United States.
	Happiness -- United States.
	Happiness.
	Self-confidence.
	Self-confidence.
	Success in business -- United States.
	Success in business.
ISBN	9780805087499
	0805087494