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February 17, 2009

The Paradox of Choice

Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied:




BARRY SCHWARTZ is Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College.

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