Fooled by randomness

the hidden role of chance in life and in the markets

English language

Published Dec. 14, 2005 by Random House Trade Paperbacks.

ISBN:
978-0-8129-7521-5
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"[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 YorkerFinally 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.

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Subjects

  • Investments
  • Chance
  • Random variables