Hardcover, 312 pages
English language
Published April 16, 2004 by Texere.
4 stars
(2 reviews)
"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church."--Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker
Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill--the world of business--Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives. — From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects
- Business strategy
- Investment & securities
- Investments
- Chance
- Business & Economics
- Business / Economics / Finance
- Business/Economics
- Random variables
- Investments & Securities - General
- Free Will & Determinism
- Personal Growth - Success
- Education / Professional Development
- Finance