Punished by Rewards, by Alfie Kohn

At best, she said, they reported that their programs didn't do too much damage.

Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; 1 edition (September 1999)
ISBN: 978-0618001811

Alfie Kohn's website

Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell

He [Alexander Bickel] spoke with an accent, and his family connections consisted, principally, of being the son of Solomon and Yetta Bickel of Bucharest, Romania, by way, most recently, of Brooklyn.

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (November 18, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0316017923

The book's website

The Myth of the Rational Voter - Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

Both treat cognitive inadequacy as a choice, responsive to incentives.

Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; New ed edition (August 24, 2008)
ISBN: 978-0691138732

The Lucifer Principle, by Howard Bloom

I have broken it, sir.
[quoting the Chandogya Upanishad, vi, 13]

Paperback: 466 pages
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (March 13, 1997)
ISBN: 978-0871136640

Overcoming Law by Richard A. Posner

But random voting by a single judge would not endanger that judge's tenure.

Paperback: 608 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press (October 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0674649262