The problem with the self-help industry

Last Updated on Friday, 08 July 2011 13:05 Saturday, 25 June 2011 08:41

Writing in the Huffington Post, Jim Taylor, professor of psychology at the University of San Francisco, berates a self-help industry worth $10 billion a year in the US. He argues that self-help books that promise ‘instant and effortless change’ are a waste of time and money.

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