The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan’ is a concept that will change the way you look at the world. Black Swans underlie almost everything, from the rise of religions, to events in our own personal lives. Nassim Taleb explains everything we know about what we don’t know, and shows us how to face the world…..Read More
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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance… Continue Reading Posted in: Business Ethics, Economic Conditions, Philosophy, Political Economy, Specific Topics
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, Global Financial Crisis (2008 2009), History
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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Thinking From A To Z
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
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An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets
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