Fooled by randomness

the hidden role of chance in life and in the markets

About this book

"[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 Yorker

Finally 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.

Subjects

  • alltag
  • business
  • chance
  • finance
  • fortune
  • hasard
  • induction (mathematics)
  • investimento
  • investissements
  • investment analysis
  • investments
  • kwaliteit van het bestaan
  • markt
  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • probabilidade
  • probabilities
  • random variables
  • success in business
  • survival analysis (biometry)
  • toeval
  • variables aléatoires
  • waarschijnlijkheid (statistiek)
  • wirtschaft
  • zufall