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Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better
Author(s): Bryan Caplan (Author), Brian Mandeville (Editor), Aditya Ohri (Editor)
- Publisher: Independently published
- Publication Date: 30 Aug. 2024
- Language: English
- Print length: 206 pages
- ISBN-10: B0DFS78G9G
- ISBN-13: 9798337850184
Book Description
Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author, blogged for EconLog from 2005-2022. His latest book combines the very best of his EconLog writings on finding happiness, success, meaning, connection, and convenience in a world that too often lacks all five.
In the title essay, Caplan challenges the all-forgiving idea that people who make poor choices "can't do otherwise." If you don't accept this excuse from anti-vaxxers, why would you accept it from alcoholics or overeaters? Humoring the pseudo-helpless may be kind, but reinforces poor behavior and often leads to the scapegoating of innocent bystanders. Yourself included.
Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine is packed with helpful life hacks. How to stop packing for trips. How to turn arguments into bargains. The high cost of being single. Bonus: A long-time homeschooler, Caplan tells readers to turn truancy into a peak experience -- and master math along the way.
