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Trust us, we're experts! : how industry manipulates science and gambles with your future / Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber.

Rampton, Sheldon, 1957- (Author). Stauber, John. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1585421391
  • ISBN: 9781585421398
  • Physical Description: 360 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: 2001.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: The Smell Test 1 -- Part I Age of Illusion -- 1 Third Man 7 -- 2 Birth of Spin 31 -- 3 Deciding What You'll Swallow 53 -- Part II Risky Business -- 4 Dying for a Living 75 -- 5 Packaging the Beast 99 -- 6 Preventing Precaution 120 -- 7 Attack of the Killer Potatoes 152 -- Part III Expertise Industry -- 8 Best Science Money Can Buy 195 -- 9 Junkyard Dogs 222 -- 10 Global Warming Is Good For You 267 -- 11 Questioning Authority 289.
Subject: Business ethics > United States.
Consumer protection > United States.
Corporations > Public relations > Corrupt practices > United States.
Deceptive advertising > United States.
Endorsements in advertising > Corrupt practices > United States.
Expertise > Corrupt practices > United States.
Industrial publicity > Corrupt practices > United States.
Public relations consultants > Corrupt practices > United States.
Public relations firms > Corrupt practices > United States.
Risk perception > United States.