The Art of Contrary Thinking

Front Cover
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Dustwrapper
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Half-Title
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By the Same Author
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Title Page
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Printer's imprint
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Dedication
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Table of Contents
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The Art of Contrary Thinking ["C.O."]
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Before you begin--
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SECTION 1: It Pays to be Contrary
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1-I
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1-II
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1-III
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1-IV
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1-V
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1-VI
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1-VII
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1-VIII
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1-IX
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SECTION 2: Essays on the Theory and Art of C.O.
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Waves of Mass Sentiment
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The Investors' Dilemma
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Habit
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The Psychology of Inflation
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When there is No Public Opinion
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Imitation of the Minority
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For Your Notebook
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On Being Contrary to the Gregarious Opinion
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C.O. is a 'Way of Thinking'
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Thinking by Accident
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Put the Cart before the Horse
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Law of Universal Inequality
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Propaganda
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Realism: The Contrary Challenge of the New Year
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How Economists sometimes make their Predictions go Wrong
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Ask 'What's Right?'--Instead of always 'What's Wrong?'
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Mass Psychology and the Campaigns
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Social Psychology
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Economic Psychology
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Looking Back
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An Historic Return to Gold
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Contrary Events from History
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Tidal Movements
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Much to Learn
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On Predicting the Unpredictable
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'Crowd Upset' favors Eisenhower
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Money Minds
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Why Forecasts go Haywire
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Revolutions require the Long View 
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C.O. hinges on Laws of Imitation and Contagion
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Where will Mass Conformity lead?
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C.O. deals with Delusions and Mass Misconceptions
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Looking Two Ways at once
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The Ticklish Business of Forecasting
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What's the Use of it all?
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Maybe some old Theories are still valid
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'Neutralism'--in Economic Writing
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Be a Nonconformist in your Thinking
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More on Socio-Political Trends
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Thinking Humanistically as well as Realistically
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Thinking in Circles
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'...still doesn't know what makes him tick'
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Three types of 'Opinions'--thoughtful, thoughtless, emotional
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How Opinions are formed
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Read-and-Needle is the Contrary Way
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C.O. and the 'Triadic Law'
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'Social Pressure often breeds Conformity'
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Momentum
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More on the Contrary Approach to Creative Thinking
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Motives and Movements
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Mass Mesmerism
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... Again on the Question: 'Is the Public always wrong in the Market?'
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The Problem of knowing and measuring Opinions
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The Law of Mental Unity of Crowds
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Not Forecasting but working toward thought-out Conclusions
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'Why do you think you think?'
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Our Destiny lies in the Skies
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Capitalism's Basic Factor: Earning Power
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A Libertarian surely has to be a Contrarian these Days!
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The Fallacy in Economic Extrapolation
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How to look ahead--profitably
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Is there any real Purpose in Contrary Thinking?
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Limbering up your Mind
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Money-Mind -vs- Impulse to make some Easy Money
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Communists Practice the Theory of C.O.
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The Right Word (or Thought) may be worth 1,000 Pictures
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A Think-It-Out-For-Yourself Kit
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Opinions and Words -vs- Facts
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The Years Forecasters would like to forget
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Quick to conform, but slow to differ
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41 Years of 'Unexpected' Events
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EPILOGUE
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Back Cover
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