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    The confidence game : why we fall for it... every time / Maria Konnikova.

    • Title:The confidence game : why we fall for it... every time / Maria Konnikova.
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    • Author/Creator:Konnikova, Maria, author.
    • Published/Created:New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Swindlers and swindling.
      Fraud.
      Criminal psychology.
    • Medical Subjects: Fraud
    • Description:x, 340 pages ; 22 cm
    • Summary:"A compelling investigation into the minds, motives, and methods of con artists--and the people who fall for their cons over and over again." --Amazon.
    • Notes:Originally published in 2016 by Viking Penguin.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780143109877 (pbk.)
      0143109871 (pbk.)
      9780525427414 (hc.)
      0525427414 (hc.)
    • Contents:The grifter and the mark
      The put-up
      The play
      The rope
      The tale
      The convincer
      The breakdown
      The send and the touch
      The blow-off and the fix
      The (real) oldest profession.
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