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In "Misbehaving," Richard Thaler explores why the traditional laws of economics are so hard for people to follow, especially when their actions go against their best interests.

Review: ‘Misbehaving’ by Richard H. Thaler

May 9, 2019 at 5:27 p.m.

Want a good short-hand introduction to (some of) the insights of behavioral economics? Try this one, courtesy of Richard H. Thaler's "Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics": "(W)e experience life...

Reviews: ‘Spinster’ and ‘The Wild Oats Project’

May 9, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

In the half-century since Betty Friedan demolished the feminine mystique, we've cycled through consciousness raising and the rise of the career woman; backlash and the critique of backlash; endless colloquies...

Review: ‘Hausfrau’ by Jill Alexander Essbaum

May 9, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

A cross between Anna Karenina and the eponymous mad housewife, the expatriate American "hausfrau" Anna Benz seems to be careening out of control. By the time we meet her, the...

Review: ‘Three Minutes in Poland’ by Glenn Kurtz

May 9, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

In the summer of 1938, David Kurtz, an American businessman on a six-week European vacation with his wife and friends, made a home movie that captured three minutes of life...

Review: ‘The Nazis Next Door’ by Eric Lichtblau

May 9, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

It is no longer a revelation that U.S. intelligence services and other government agencies allowed thousands of Nazis, from rocket scientists to concentration camp guards, to stream into this country...

Review: ‘Not My Father’s Son’ by Alan Cumming

May 9, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

Alan Cumming is the political consultant Eli Gold on CBS' "The Good Wife," perpetually trying to fend off scandal and electoral disaster with guile and an American accent. He is...

Martin Amis' new novel, "The Zone of Interest," explores a fictionalized Auschwitz through the eyes of three narrators.

Review: ‘The Zone of Interest’ by Martin Amis

May 9, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

Historians still debate how so many "ordinary men" — and women, too — managed to countenance, encourage and commit mass murder during the Nazi era. Were they brutalized by the...

Paulo Coelho's new novel, "Adultery," examines the moral crisis of a privileged journalist who cheats on her wealthy husband with an old boyfriend-turned-politician.

Review: ‘Adultery’ by Paulo Coelho

May 9, 2019 at 4:45 p.m.

The Swiss narrator of Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho's latest novel introduces herself as a woman with little cause for complaint — beyond a faked orgasm or two. In her 30s,...

"Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered" by Dianne Hales attempts to trace the history of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo -- the woman believed to be the model for Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.

Review: ‘Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered’ by Dianne Hales

May 9, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

If you visit the Louvre Museum in Paris, you'll likely see a mob of tourists congregating around a single enigmatic portrait by Leonardo da Vinci while ignoring all the masterpieces...

Review: ‘The Arsonist’ by Sue Miller

May 9, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Sue Miller's latest page-turner, "The Arsonist," set mostly in a small New Hampshire town, calls to mind another New England author's meditation on the meaning of home. In one of...

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