Foolproof by Greg Ip PAPERBACK 9781472214195

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Foolproof\nby Greg Ip\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 6\u20137 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Greg Ip\nTitle: Foolproof\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Popular economics\nPublisher: Headline Publishing Group\nISBN-13: 9781472214195\nISBN-10: 1472214196\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nWhy anti-lock brakes make us drive faster\n\nWhy saving money can lead to financial crises\n\nHow football helmets make the game more dangerous\n\nWhy letting forest fires burn can be safer than putting them out\n\nWe have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster-yet we are continually unprepared for car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the very success we''ve had making life safer enables us to take more extreme, different ri.