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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Hardcover - 2004

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb


Summary

"[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.

From the publisher

Just as coincidence can be confused with causality, so the lucky idiot can be confused with the skilled investor. The realities of randomness and probability almost guarantee that, out of a large pool of random investors, a Warren Buffett will emerge just by luck. Taleb (the founder of Empirica L.L.

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Nero Tulip became obsessed with trading after witnessing a strange scene one spring day as he was visiting the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

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  • Title Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
  • Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition U. S. EDITION
  • Pages 277
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Texere Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date April 16, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781587991905 / 158799190X
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.13 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 2.87 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004004213
  • Dewey Decimal Code 123.3
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