Fooled by randomness the hidden role of chance in life and in the markets
This work has shaken Wall Street thanks to its contention that much of what people perceive as skill playing the markets is often nothing more than luck.
| Main Author: | Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, 1960- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Random House,
2005.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed., updated. |
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| Summary: |
This work has shaken Wall Street thanks to its contention that much of what people perceive as skill playing the markets is often nothing more than luck. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: New York : Thomson/Texere, 2004. |
| Physical Description: |
xlviii, 316 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-306) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781400067930 1400067936 0812975219 9780812975215 |
| Author Notes: |
Taleb received his bachelors and masters degree in science from the University of Paris. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Paris- Dauphine. Taleb began his financial mathematics career in several of New York City's Wall Street firms before becoming a scholar in the epistemology of chance events, randomness, and the unknown. Taleb's book, Fooled by Randomness, was translated into 23 languages. His book, The Black Swan, was translated into 27 languages and spent several months on the New York Times Bestseller list. Taleb is a Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and visiting professor of Marketing (Cognitive Science) at London Business School. Taleb has also taught at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Courant Institute of New York University, and the Wharton Business School Financial Institutions Center. His title Bed of Procrustes made the N.Y. Times Bestseller List for 2010 and his title Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder made The 2012 New York Times Bestseller List. |