Peter L. Bernstein

Against the Gods

The remarkable story of Risk

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Der Bestseller zur Risikobewertung jetzt als Broschurausgabe. Das ganze Leben ist ein einziges Risiko. Menschen in allen Bereichen des Lebens - Politiker, Wissenschaftler, Geschäftsleute, sogar Familien - müssen regelmäßig Entscheidungen treffen, die in irgendeiner Form Risiken bergen. Die Fähigkeit, das Ausmaß des Risikos solcher Entscheidungen zu bewerten und einzugrenzen gehört zu den Grundprinzipien der modernen Gesellschaft. 'Against the Gods' erzählt die Abenteuer einer Gruppe kühner Denker, die sich auf eine intellektuelle Entdeckungsreise begeben haben und den urzeitlichen Aberglauben verwandelt haben in leistungsstarke Methoden zur Risikokontrolle, wie sie heute Anwendung finden. Interessant und spannend geschrieben und ohne den sonst themabedingten technischen und mathematischen Ballast.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9780471295631
• ISBN-10: 0471295639
• Artikelnr.: 07776234

Autorenporträt

PETER L. BERNSTEIN is President of Peter L. Bernstein, Inc., economic consultants to institutional investors. Mr. Bernstein is the author of six books in economics and finance, including the bestselling Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street, as well as many articles in the professional and popular press. He is the Editor of The Portable MBA in Investment (Wiley) and was the Founding Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management.

Inhaltsangabe

TO 1200: BEGINNINGS. The Winds of the Greeks and the Role of the Dice. As
Easy As I, II, III. 1200-1700: A THOUSAND OUTSTANDING FACTS. The
Renaissance Gambler. The French Connection. The Remarkable Notions of the
Remarkable Notions Man. 1700-1900: MEASUREMENT UNLIMITED. Considering the
Nature of Man. The Search for Moral Certainty. The Supreme Law of Unreason.
The Man with the Sprained Brain. Peapods and Perils. The Fabric of
Felicity. 1900-1960: CLOUDS OF VAGUENESS AND THE DEMAND FOR PRECISION. The
Measure of Our Ignorance. The Radically Distinct Notion. The Man Who
Counted Everything Except Calories. The Strange Case of the Anonymous
Stockbroker. DEGREES OF BELIEF: EXPLORING UNCERTAINTY. The Failure of
Invariance. The Theory Police. The Fantastic System of Side Bets. Awaiting
The Wildness. Notes. Bibliography. Indexes.

Rezensionen

"I must say that I enjoyed the book, it was written in a light-hearted manner".(Money Matters, April 2001) No. 7 bestseller in 'Risk'(erivativesreview.com, December 2001)

AGAINST THE GODS appeared in the "Washington Is Also Reading..." section of The Washington Post Book World. The book is described as, "A comprehensive history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, from ancient gamblers in Greece to modern chaos theory."-The Washington Post Book World, September 20

"...Fun-to-read introduction to how humans feel about risk..." (Electric Light and Power, 2 July 2002)
"A useful...introduction to the history of financial risk." ( Breakingviews.com, Wednesday 16th April 2008)