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Unknowers : How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 178032636X
ISBN-13 9781780326368
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Zed Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Sep 15th, 2019
Print length 384 Pages
Weight 504 grams
Dimensions 14.20 x 22.40 x 2.80 cms
Ksh 16,200.00
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An intriguing investigation, shattering the hackneyed notion that knowledge is power.

Why 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?

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.

Exploring the influence of the "known unknowns," shines a light on how elite ignorance is transforming all of our daily lives.


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