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Skin in the Game

Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Skin in the Game( )
Author: Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
Series title:Incerto Ser.
ISBN:978-0-425-28462-9
Publication Date:Feb 2018
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Random House
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General
Computers / Information Theory
Philosophy / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.43 x 9.49 x 1.06 Inches
Book Weight:1.325 Pounds
Author Biography
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas (Author)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb was born in 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon. He is a researcher, essayist, trader, epistemologist, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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.

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