Incredibly Interesting Authors 011: Marina Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game

Maria Konnikova’s new book, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time , takes a deep dive into the psychology of con artists and the psychology of the trusting people they take advantage of. It’s a scary and fascinating book that reveals the methods and motives of con artists like Bernie Madoff, Jim Bakker, and Lance Armstrong, and explains why everyone is vulnerable to the con artist’s game, even other con artists.

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Incredibly Interesting Authors 011: Marina Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game is an episode from Incredibly Interesting Authors by Mark Frauenfelder.

This episode is 28:25 long.

This episode was published on Jan 15, 2016.

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