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

 
What's in the title is the best summary of what I found in this book. Not a treatise on probability or a textbook, but his view of all things randomness - its (mis)understanding, and its consequences: in a mix of philosophy, finance, various stories and blunt judgements. All in a very personal and quirky, but extremely readable form. Thanks god, no editor put their hands on it! Quite simply, I couldn't put it down till the last line. As I wrote in a comment already, I actually believe ... read more.

Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Published 29 March 2007. Published by Penguin Books Ltd.Paperback.
 
 


 


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