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Raghunathan writes really well . . . there are rare instances where a reviewer thinks, I wish I could write like that. This is one of those rare instances Bibek Debroy in Indian Express In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians among the most intelligent people in the world, but also, to a dispassionate eye, perhaps the most baffling V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory and behavioural economics to provide an insight into the difficult conundrum of why we are the way we are. He puts under the scanner our attitudes towards rationality and irrationality, selflessness and selfishness, competition and cooperation, and collaboration and deception.

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Why are we a nation that is individually so smart and collectively so naive? Why do we mistake talk for action? Why is our self-worth massaged only if we have the 'authority' to break rules? Why are we among the world's most corrupt? Why do we jump red lights? Why do we dump our garbage at the neighbour's doorstep?...Can it be our climate, population density, poverty, colonial past or even genetic encoding? In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians - perhaps the most intelligent people in the world, but also, to a dispassionate eye, among the most baffling - V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory and behavioural economics to provide an insight into this most difficult question: why are we the way we are? Raghunathan tackles the question by putting under the scanner our attitudes towards rationality and irrationality, egotism and selfishness, our penchant for antagonism and competition, and our aversion to collaboration and cooperation.

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  • PublisherPenguin Portfolio
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 0670999407
  • ISBN 13 9780670999408
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages184
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