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Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads by Joel Best

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- excellently deconstructs the concept of institutional fads
- the origins of fads: how they are created and launched; why some ideas attract attention, while others fail to catch on; why people jump on the bandwagon
- Best is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware
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