this challenging volume will help you understand the uncertainties that every investor must face." Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. ― John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University I speak carefully: no one should miss it." Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever. "With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk, Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods. ― Robert Heilbroner author, The Worldly Philosophers "No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement." " challenging book, one that may change forever the way people think about the world." "Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read."
Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it." "An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book." an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism." A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller
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