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When Charles Scribner’s Sons decided to publish an illustrated book on hoofed mammals in 1953, it was probably not a subject with promising financial prospects—a worthy scientific treatise, perhaps, ...

The Diderot Effect, coined after the French philosopher Denis Diderot, explains how one purchase can trigger a chain reaction of further unnecessary purchases as individuals try to match their ...