This book is Jon Elster's influential study of irrationality, challenging orthodox theories of rational choice.

'Dan Rhodes is a true original' – Hilary Mantel When the sleepy English village of Green Bottom hosts its first literary festival, the good, the bad and the u

Dr Elster analyses the notation of rationality through the study of irrational behaviour, desires and belief.

In 2007, Nathan Rabin set out to provide a revisionist look at the history of cinematic failure on a weekly basis. What began as a solitary ramble through the n