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No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn

No Contest: The Case Against Competition

Alfie Kohn
257 pages
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Oct 1987
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Arguing that competition is inherently destructive, the author asserts that competitive behavior is culturally induced and counter-productive and causes anxiety, selfishness, self-doubt, and poor communication
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Pages 257
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Published 1987
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