Skin In The Game
Skin In The Game
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Author
Author
Nassim Nicholas Taleb / Нассим Николас Талеб
Dimension
Dimension
130x200mm (5,1'x7,9')
ISBN
ISBN
9780141982656
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
304
Publisher
Publisher
Penguin
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2019
Skin In The Game
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From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility
Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work?
The answer: too many people running the world don't have skin in the game. In his inimitable, pugnacious style, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows that skin in the game applies to all aspects of our lives. It's about having something to lose and taking a risk. Citizens, lab experimenters, artisans, political activists and hedge fund traders all have skin in the game. Policy wonks, corporate executives, theoreticians, bankers and most journalists don't.
As Taleb says, 'The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule that's necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster,' and 'Never trust anyone who doesn't have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them'.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Нассим Николас Талеб
Publisher:Penguin
Language:English
Publication Date:2019
Number of pages:304 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:130 mm / 5,1'
Height:200 mm / 7,9'
Weight:225 g
ISBN:9780141982656