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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton
Year
2001
ISBN
1587990717, 9781587990717
LCC
HG4521 .T285 2001
Open Library ID
OL3597262M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
853 kB (873143 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
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Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This is a book about luck. More specifically, it is a book about how we perceive luck, twist it around and regard it as intention or purpose. What better setting than the world of trading to invesdtigate the subject? How often has the brilliant trader, who seems to the outside world to have been granted the gift of second sight in the implementation of his strategies, been suddenly wiped out by an unexpected shift in the markets? The book may have its roots firmly in the financial arena, but it also incorporates and explains the effects and repercussions of randomness in many varied fields - ranging from philosophy to literature and science - to create an insight into how randomness cannot be conquered, but can be embraced.

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