Aja Raden

Aja Raden

Author of The Truth About Lies (2021), a history of cons and hoaxes, which argues that expertise can be a vulnerability rather than a defence.

Who they are

Raden's history is well sourced where it is history and lightly sourced where it makes psychological claims. Her claim that expertise can be a vulnerability, at pages 80 and 89, carries no citation; the Office of Fair Trading's 2009 research supports it better than the book shows.

Key papers

Raden, A. (2021). The Truth About Lies. Atlantic Books (UK), St. Martin's Press (US).

Key ideas

See Fraud Victimisation.

Sources

  1. Raden, A. (2021). Read in full by this publication, with a reliability audit.