Risk

Excellent … Gardner analyses everything from the media’s predilection for irrational scare stories to the cynical use of fear by politicians pushing a particular agenda … A cheery corrective to modern paranoia * Economist *
Terrific … exceptionally good - has the clarity of Malcolm Gladwell * Evening Standard *
Enlivening … a fascinating insight into the peculiar and devastating nature of human fear * Sunday Telegraph *
Stimulating … where writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Francis Wheen have been content largely to enumerate the errors of less rational men and women, Dan Gardner has collated part of what we need to diagnose the problem * Independent on Sunday *
Beautifully observed * Observer *
Compelling … Gardner aims to get us thinking more carefully about how we run our lives - and make it harder for politicians, the media and advertisers to lead us astray * New Scientist *
A fascinating insight into the peculiar and devastating nature of human fear * Daily Telegraph *
An excellent book – Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational
A terrific book, full of wonderful insights, and offering cutting-edge social science in a reader-friendly package. The life you save may be your own! * Cass Sunstein, Director of Harvard University’s Program on Risk Regulation, and co-author of the best-selling ‘Nudge’ *

Dan Gardner is a columnist and senior writer for the Ottawa Citizen. Trained in history and law, Gardner worked in politics as a senior policy adviser before turning to journalism. His writing has received numerous awards, including the National Newspaper Award and Amnesty International’s Media Award. He lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children.

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