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T HE A RT OF C ONTRARY T HINKING
B EFORE Y OU B EGIN —
S ECTION I—I T P AYS TO B E C ONTRARY
S ECTION II—E SSAYS P ERTAINING TO THE T HEORY OF C ONTRARY O PINION AND THE A RT OF C ONTRARY T HINKING
Waves of Mass Sentiment
The Investors’ Dilemma
Habit
The Psychology of Inflation
When There Is No Public Opinion
Imitation of the Minority
For Your Notebook
On Being Contrary to the Gregarious Opinion
The Theory of Contrary Opinion Is a “Way of Thinking”
Thinking By Accident
Put the Cart Before the Horse
Law of Universal Inequality
Propaganda
Realism: The Contrary Challenge of the New Year
How Economists Sometimes Make Their Predictions Go Wrong
Ask “What’s Right?”—Instead of Always “What’s Wrong?”
Mass Psychology and the Campaigns
Social Psychology
Economic Psychology
Looking Back
An Historic Return to Gold
Contrary Events from History
Tidal Movements
Much to Learn
On Predicting the Unpredictable
“Crowd Upset” Favors Eisenhower
Money Minds
Why Forecasts Go Haywire
Revolutions Require the Long View
Theory of Contrary Opinion Hinges on Laws of Imitation and Contagion
Where Will Mass Conformity Lead?
The Theory of Contrary Opinion Deals with Delusions and Mass Misconceptions
Looking Two Ways at Once
The Ticklish Business of Forecasting
What’s the Use of It All?
Maybe Some Old Theories Are Still Valid
“Neutralism”—in Economic Writing
Be a Nonconformist in Your Thinking
More on Socio-political Trends
Thinking Humanistically As Well As Realistically
Thinking in Circles
“… Still Doesn’t Know What Makes Him Tick”
Three Types of “Opinions”—Thoughtful, Thoughtless, Emotional
How Opinions Are Formed
Read-and-Needle Is the Contrary Way
The Theory of Contrary Opinion and the “Triadic Law”
“Social Pressure Often Breeds Conformity”
Momentum
More on the Contrary Approach to Creative Thinking
Motives and Movements
Mass Mesmerism
… Again on the Question: “Is the Public Always Wrong in the Market?”
The Problem of Knowing and Measuring Opinions
The Law of Mental Unity of Crowds
The Theory of C. O. Is Not a System of Forecasting: It Is a Method of Working Toward Thought-Out Conclusions
“Why Do You Think You Think?”
Let Us Be Contrary: Let Us Not Deny That Our Destiny Lies in the Skies
Capitalism’s Basic Factor: Earning Power
A Libertarian Surely Has To Be a Contrarian These Days!
A Fallacy in Economic Extrapolation
How To Look Ahead—Profitably
Is There Any Real Purpose in Contrary Thinking?
Limbering Up Your Mind
A Money-Mind Versus the Impetuous Impulse To Make Some Easy Money
Communists Practice the Theory of C.O.
The Right Word (or Thought) May Be Worth a Thousand Pictures
A Think-It-Out-For-Yourself Kit
Opinions and Words Versus Facts
The Years Forecasters Would Like to Forget
Quick to Conform, but Slow to Differ
Forty-One Years of “Unexpected” Events
Epilogue: Slaves to “They,” by Samuel B. Pettengill
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