DAN ARIELY

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Music to go with each chapter

September 8, 2008 BY danariely

Megan made a list of songs that reflect the theme of each chapter.

Here it is:

Chapter 1: The Truth About Relativity: Why Everything is Relative Even When it Shouldn’t Be

  • A Little Bit More (Jamie Lidell)

Chapter 2: The Fallacy of Supply & Demand: Why the Price of pearls – and everything else is up in the air

  • Masterfade (Andrew Bird)

Chapter 3: The Cost of Zero Cost: Why We Pay to Much When We Pay Nothing

  • Saved By Zero (The Fixx)

Chapter 4: The Cost of Social Norms: Why We Are Happy to do Things, but Not When We are Paid to do Them

  • Money Changes Everything (Cyndi Lauper)

Chapter 5: The Influence of Arousal: Why Hot is Much Hotter Than We Realize

  • Sexx Laws (Beck)

Chapter 6: The Problem of Procrastination and Self-Control: Why We Can’t Make Ourselves Do What We Want to Do

  • I Should Get Up (Teddy Thompson)

Chapter 7: The High Price of Ownership: Why We Overvalue What We Have

  • This House is Not For Sale (Ryan Adams)

Chapter 8: Keeping Doors Open: Why Options Distract Us From Our Main Objective

  • Burn the Boats (Early Edison)

Chapter 9: The Effect of Expectations: Why Our Mind Gets What it Expects

  • We Can Work it Out (The Beatles)

Chapter 10: The Power of Price: Why a 50-Cent Asprin Can Do What a Penny Asprin Can’t

  • Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine (The White Stripes)

Chapter 11: The Context of Our Character (1): Why We Don’t Always Know When We Are Being Dishonest

  • Cheat (The Clash)

Chapter 12: The Context of Our Character (2): Why Dealing With Cash Makes Us More Honest

  • Honesty (Billy Joel)

Chapter 13: Beer and Free Lunches: How Understanding Irrationality Can Lead to Better Living

  • Human Behavior (Bjork)