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Open to Desire: The Truth about what the Buddha Taught
By: Mark Epstein

Mark Epstein is a practicing psychiatrist in New York city. He is also an experienced meditator who advocates for the value of meditation in psychotherapy. Likely due to his background with Buddhism he has had his share of Buddhist patients/clients and this perhaps peaked his interest in the nature of one’s relationship to desire (his …

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Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
By: Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

Freakonomics, by co-authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, is not like your typical economics class. Levitt and Dubner blur the lines between economics, sociology, and psychology to better understand the world. According to the co-authors, the study of incentives defines economics. Consumers in any market intend to maximize the amount of utility—happiness—that they can gain …