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Self-Control in an Age of Excess

May 25, 2011 Uncategorized
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From the Archive: Why is it so hard for us to resist overeating, drinking, smoking and more? We’ll talk this hour with journalist and author Daniel Akst, whose new book is “We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess” (The Penguin Press, 2011).

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