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

?[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. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-20-2009; Tore through the pages; This work is written in a friendly and engaging tone. I tore right through the pages. The author makes you feel as you are conversing with him in his living room. Don't expect to pick up a great deal of insight on how to become...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-20-2009; This Book Is A Waste of Tijme!; This is book is a total waste of time. It just a lot of gibberish and doesn't make for an interesting read. The peoples that rated this anything above 1 star a delusional and sleeping with the author!; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-18-2009; Required reading for every investor...; you won't want to put this book down. Without question "fooled by randomness" is my favorite investment book. Nasim's insights are too many to recount in my review, but mark my word one reading is not enough. You will find yourself...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-12-2009; Many will find mind-boggling; the mathematical mind will find enlightening; Learned, irreverent and no-nonsense ex-option trader N. Taleb enumerates instances where people, experts and non-experts alike, make mathematically unsound statements about a probabilistic reality and cites biological and social reasons...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-20-2009; Tore through the pages; This work is written in a friendly and engaging tone. I tore right through the pages. The author makes you feel as you are conversing with him in his living room. Don't expect to pick up a great deal of insight on how to become...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-15-2008; Great concept but poor writing; Well, what can I say? The concept of "black swamp" function is very original and as a professional investor, I appreciate the author's insight into this critical concept to long term return. However, the whole book is about this concept...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-20-2009; This Book Is A Waste of Tijme!; This is book is a total waste of time. It just a lot of gibberish and doesn't make for an interesting read. The peoples that rated this anything above 1 star a delusional and sleeping with the author!; read full review | report as inappropriate