{"product_id":"the-unknowers-linsey-mcgoey-9781780326368","title":"Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy have so few companies or people been held responsible for the catastrophic effects of the global financial crisis? Why are there repeated controversies over the safety of some of the world's bestselling pharmaceuticals?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Unpacking a range of high profile examples--from the 2016 US presidential elections to the scandals surrounding News International--Linsey McGoey reveals how ignorance is more than just an absence of knowledge, but a useful tool in political and economic life. She explores how financial and political elites have become highly adept at harnessing ignorance for their own ends: strategically minimizing their responsibility and passing blame onto others. And how, in a \"post-truth\" era in which the average citizen is derided for knowing too little, it is the rich and powerful who benefit from ignorance most.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exploring the influence of the \"known unknowns,\" shines a light on how elite ignorance is transforming all of our daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linsey McGoey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178032636X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780326368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Linsey McGoey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077290127615,"sku":"9781780326368","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1da25e4-54c7-4baa-9923-a77ae2ac3164.jpg?v=1685469203","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unknowers-linsey-mcgoey-9781780326368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}