# The Burden of Bad Ideas

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- Book: [The Burden of Bad Ideas](https://www.bookquiver.com/heather-mac-donald/the-burden-of-bad-ideas) ([The Burden of Bad Ideas.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/heather-mac-donald/the-burden-of-bad-ideas.md))
- Authors: [Heather Mac Donald](https://www.bookquiver.com/heather-mac-donald), [Anna Fields](https://www.bookquiver.com/anna-fields)
- Publisher: random_house_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-1591-110-5
- Published: 2001-03-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

In closely reported stories from the streets of New York to the seats of intellectual power, MacDonald shows how bad ideas get started and then acquire a life of their own. Her reports trace the transformation...