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

The Playbook is an expose of the extraordinary lengths that corporations will go to in order to deny the scientific facts - whether on climate change, public health risks, worker safety, or anything else - when they don''t suit their agenda.

Written in the form of a corporate handbook for tobacco, oil and pharmaceutical company executives, it outlines obfuscation techniques, denial, delays and outright lies, including: how to recruit an academic ''expert'' who is willing to compromise their integrity (or is wants to raise some 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 the customers comfortable, unquestioning, unthinking and playing along for as long as possible.

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 disinformation, it may be possible to outwit them.<>

About the author

Jennifer Jacquet is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and director of XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at New York University, as well as the author of the acclaimed Is Shame Necessary?

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Jacquet, Jacquet Jennifer
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.06.2023
• EAN: 9780141982342
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198234-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 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