Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Americans are a "positive" people — cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: This is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive is the key to getting success and prosperity. Or so we are told.

In this utterly original debunking, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the false promises of positive thinking and shows its reach into every corner of American life, from Evangelical megachurches to the medical establis…