57: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
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The Power of Price
There's an interesting section in here on the history of the word placebo. It was originally used in the 14th century to refer to sham mourners who were hired to wail for the deceased. And then by 1785, it started to appear in medicine and it really just runs on the power of suggestion.
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