The Playbook - How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, Make a Killing in Corporate World

Knowledge is power. Which is why the rich and powerful don''t want you to have it. br>br>The Playbook is an expose of the extraordinary lengths that corporations will go to in order to deny the scientific facts - around climate change, public health risks and worker safety - when they don''t suit their agenda. br>br>Written in the form of a corporate handbook for tobacco, oil and pharmaceutical company executives, it is a litany of obfuscation techniques, denial, delays and outright lies, including: how to recruit an academic ''expert'' who is willing to compromise their integrity (or is just short of cash), how to massage the statistics, how to use legal and even physical intimidation against reporters and activists, and how, just as in a casino, to keep your customers comfortable, unquestioning, unthinking and playing along for as long as possible.br>br>Part satire, part social history, part guide to resistance, The Playbook is a charge sheet against the powerful. It shows us how, by understanding the methods and motives of scientific denial campaigns, we may be able to outwit them.>

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This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful. It's a handbook to show you all their tricks - with working examples. If you want to be a vile, greedy capitalist, this how-to book will be a great help. And if you want to identify vile greedy capitalists it will show you how to recognise them. It's a landmark book Brian Eno

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• Authors: Jennifer Jacquet, Jacquet Jennifer
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2022
• EAN: 9780241241677
• ISBN: 978-0-241-24167-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, SCIENCE / Ethics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Social and cultural history, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Corruption in society, Corruption in politics, government and society